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Rick Alcalde and longtime friend to lobbyist. His father, Hector Alcalde, is also a lobbyist Potomac Partners the Landon Michigan developer Daniel Aronoff’s real estate firm, Young. His clients include transportation he was paid by Landon specifically to lobby on Young’s Companies. Disclosures show that earmark for a study of a Florida interstate interchange bill. Young obtained a $10 million earmark money for Young. Young said he obtained the promised to benefit Aronoff, Who had raised Gulf Coast University, which Alcalde also represented. at the request of local residents and Florida Companies; MJM Enterprises; Shinnecock Indian Potomac Partners 2008 clients include: Landon Nation; National Assn. of Mortgage Brokers.

Levon Boyagian include Wal-Mart, who now lobbies for Dutko Worldwide. Clients Former Young legislative director Ark. for widening a road in front of its Bentonville, which benefited from a $35 million earmark headquarters. stores; American Hospital Assn.; FedEx Corp.; Wal-Mart Dutko Worldwide 2008 clients include: New Orleans; Duke Energy; Sprint Nextel Target Corp.; Los Angeles County; Miami;

Cohn Chapman

2003 to become a lobbyist Young’s chief of staff before leaving in

Doyon Ltd.; L-3/Geneva Airspace 2008 clients: American Trucking Assn.;

Randy DeLay

Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Lobbyist and brother of former House Motorcoach Industries International 2008 clients: Brownsville Navigation District;

Billy Lee Evans against a proposed wind farm off congressman from Georgia who lobbied A former Democratic for Kessler and Associates. farm that Young tried to kill. Lobbies Cape Cod — the same wind H. Kessler Air Cargo; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Henry Kessler and Associates 2008 clients;ASTAR Healthcare; Sunoco Inc.; Wheat Governmenl Foundation; Sanofi-Aventis; Sisters of Mercy Relations; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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treasurer of Young’s Midnight Jack Ferguson Former Young aide and lobbyist who was longtime Sun Political Action Committee.

Air Group; 13th Regional Corp.; Jack Ferguson Associates 2008 clients include: AT&T Inc.; Alaska Borough Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.; Icicle Seafoods; Matanuska-Susitna

Douglas Fuller

He lobbies for Birch Horton Lobbyist who was an aide to Young and Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Bittner Cherot.

Chenega Corp.; Kinross Gold USA; Birch Horton Bittner Cherot 2008 clients include: Aleut Corp.; International Snowmobile NANA Regional Corp.; Feld Entertainment; Lockheed Martin; Manufacturers Assn.

Duane Gibson

Jack Abramoff’s lobbying firm, Greenberg Former aide to Young and Stevens who left to lobby for Traurig. He now has his own firm.

Inc.; Colorado Railcar Manufacturing; Gibson’s 2008 clients: Alaska Miners Assn.; Alexander Creek Pebble East Claims Corp; St. Regis Mohawk EAA; ERA Aviation; John Trautner; Livingston Group; Tribe; Valdez Fisheries Development Assn.

Michael Henry

Former Young aide who lobbies for the Alpine Group.

Assn.; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; El Alpine Group 2008 clients include: BP; National Mining Assn.; National Corn Growers Assn. Paso Corp.; BG Group; Freddie Mac; American Cable

Graham Hill

Strategies Former Young aide who now lobbies for Ice Miller

Energy Systems Group; General Atomics; Moog Ice Miller 2008 clients: Auto Research Center; Group; Speedway Redevelopment Commission; Inc.; Oldcastle Inc.; Quickset International; Roche Vulcan Materials

Jim Lexo

chief executive officer of Integrated Concepts Former Young aide and campaign manager who is and Research Corp.

Peter Loughlrn

staffer. Founder and consultant for American Lobbyist and former House transportation committee Moving Forward, a transportation advocacy group.

2008 client: Koch Industries

Mary McGuire

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A consultant, lobbyist and longtime donor to members of Alaska’s congressional delegation

District/Southern 2008 clients: Cook Inlet Region Inc.; Falcon Waterfree Technologies; Metro Water California

Steve Silver

Lobbyist and former Ted Stevens aide

Alaska Ship and 2008 clients: Alaska Forest Assn.; Alaska Knik Arm Bridge & Toll Authority; Cove; City of Kotzebue; Drydock; Calista Corp.; City of Coffman Cove; City of Craig; City of King Admin. Law Judges City of Wasilla; Coeur; Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council; Federal Borough; Ketchikan Conference; Four Dam Pool; Inter Island Ferry Authority; Kenai Peninsula Mirabel Medical; Gateway Borough; Ketchikan Public Utilities; Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Municipality of Anchorage.

Bill Simmons

Former Young aide who lobbies for Dutko Worldwide

Corp.; Wal-Mart stores; Dutko Worldwide 2008 clients include: American Hospital Assn.; FedEx Sprint Nextel Target Corp.; Los Angeles County; Miami; New Orleans; Duke Energy;

Duncan Smith

Former Young aide, now principal in Blank Rome lobbying firm.

Service Co.; Chugach Alaska Blank Rome 2008 clients include: Carnival Corp.; Alyeska Pipeline Corp.; Municipality of Anchorage Corp.; Knik Arm Bridge &Toll Authority; Shell Oil; Union Pacific

Frank Young

Washington, D.C., lawyer and friend of Young’s.

C.J. Zane

firm Young’s former chief of staff, principal of Blank Rome lobbying

Pipeline Service Co.; Chugach Alaska Blank Rome 2008 clients include: Carnival Corp.; Alyeska Pacific Corp.; Municipality of Anchorage Corp.; Knik Arm Bridge &Toll Authority; Shell Oil; Union

Jay Dickey

raised money for Young and lobbied for Former congressman from Arkansas, now a lobbyist. Has and Gravel and Citizens for Arkansas road construction in Arkansas for clients like Pine Bluff Sand Infrastructure.

Medical Center 2008 clients: Affiliations Unlimited; Jefferson Regional

Daryl Owen

Committee who is now a lobbyist Former chief of staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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2008 clients include: Bechtel Group; City of San Francisco; Duke Energy; Rio Tinto Group; Spectra Energy; TECO Energy

Rob Jennings

Professional fundraiser who has raised money for Young and other members of Congress

Thomas Pyle

Former staffer to California Rep. Richard Pombo, now a lobbyist

2008 clients: Civil War Preservation Trust; National Petrochemical & Refiners Assn.; Nau, John L III

Alan Mintz

Van Ness Feldman lobbyist

2008 Van Ness clients include: Alaska Federation of Natives; Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; North Slope Borough; Princess Tours; TransCanada Corp.; American Electric Power

Brian Miller

Former Young staffer who is now in-house lobbyist for BP

Curtis Thayer

Former Young staffer, now director of public affairs for Enstar, the Anchorage natural gas company

Dan Feliz

Potomac Partners lobbyist

2008 Potomac Partners clients include:Landon Companies; MJM Enterprises; Shinnecock Indian Nation; National Assn. of Mortgage Brokers

Rick Agnew

Former Young aide, now lobbyist for Van Ness Feldman

North 2008 Van Ness clients include: City of Bellingham; Doyon Ltd.; Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; Slope Borough; Princess Tours; TransCanada Corp.; American Electric Power

Sources: Center for Responsive Politics; Daily News research

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July 29, 2005 OF LANDMARK HIGHWAY CONGRESSMAN YOUNG CHAMPIONS THE PASSAGE LEGISLATION

Don Young today voted in the House of Representatives on — Alaska Congressman Washington, D.C. Transportatioi Report of H. R. 3, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient agreement to the Conference fun (SAFETEA LU). H.R. 3 provides $286.45 billion in guaranteed Equity Act - A Legacy for Users as well as highway safety and motor carrier sa over six years for federal highways and transit programs, ability to move people and freight. The bill pa: programs. This legislation will strengthen our country’s by an overwhelming margin of 412 to 8. improving our nation’s highways by 30 percent o SAFETEA-LU increases funding for constructing and delivery by ensuring better coordination arnor TEA 21. This legislation improves transportation project agencies. It improves the rate of return and s state departments of transportation and federal permitting of not less than 19 percent over TEA 21. It impn for donor and donee states that have minimum growth safety belt use. In the area of transit, this bill highway safely with a new program designed to increase for the disabled and increased transit funding o creates the new freedom initiative to give more mobility TEA 21. This bill is ii day for the users of our nation’s transportation infrastructure. “This is a truly momentous the leadership of the hard work on the part of many people including result of a great deal of extremely great staff. all the other committees ofjurisdiction, and our House and Senate, our committee members, colle and because of the hard work and dedication of this This legislation has been a long time coming body, we can report a victory. boost our economy. This is that I wanted, but this funding level will help “This is not the funding level this nation’ and begin the process of repairing and building jobs bill that will put America back to work over $596 million in funds. These funds will help t great infrastructure. Alaska is positioned to receive meet the need of some of our infrastructure challenges, curb our ever growing congestion problems and Congressman Young. ###

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to ask the Justice Department to look into what WASHINGTON -- Last week, the U.S. Senate voted money to happened in 2005 when Alaska’s sole congressman earmarked $10 million in unasked-for study a highway interchange in southwest Florida.

inquiry The 64 to 28 vote was an unprecedented request on the part of the Senate for a federal into the actions of a member of the House of Representatives.

for the At the center of it all: Alaska Rep. Don Young, who acknowledged responsibility last week 2005 earmark, which shifted $10 million pledged to help widen Interstate 75 to the interchange a family friend study. If built, the interchange promised to benefit one of Young’s campaign donors, overseen whose real estate company owned property nearby. The earmark was one of thousands bill through by Young when he was responsible for pushing a multiyear highway spending Congress.

that the earmark was Young has maintained that there was nothing wrong with what he did, and requested by the community.

remain about how But Young is already the subject of a federal investigation, and many questions already voted on an -- had the earmark showed up in the spending bill after the House and Senate alternative proposal.

what’s known, and what isn’t: What follows is an explanation of where the controversy came from,

Q. How did the Coconut Road earmark come to national attention? of transportation planners in Lee A. The obscure Coconut Road earmark first came to the attention had received $10 million in federal County, Fla., in 2006, when they tried to figure out why they priorities. money for a study of an intersection that wasn’t on their list of transportation

to go toward widening of The transportation board thought it was getting a $10 million earmark an interchange that improves Interstate 75. Instead, the money was earmarked to the study of Aronoff. freeway access to land owned by real estate developer Daniel

Road interchange. Although it wasn’t The community was divided over the earmark for the Coconut Coast University, had been on the list of priorities, some organizations, such as Florida Gulf pushing for the interchange.

the controversy, and posed the Local newspapers, including the Naples Daily News, picked up on and Infrastructure question to Young, at the time the chairman of the House Transportation transportation bill, a $286.4 Committee. In 2005, the Alaska Republican oversaw the multiyear across the U.S. (The bill also billion spending plan for some of the biggest infrastructure projects

4/21/2008 httn ://www.adn .corn/news/politics/fbi/young/v-printer/story/381 990.html adn.com Obscure Florida road leads Young into controversy Page 2 of 4 included $452 million for the Gravina Island and Knik Arm spans that came to be known as the bridges-to-nowhere.)

Young refused to address the issue. The story failed to draw national attention until The New York Times wrote about it last spring. The article elaborated on the connections between the developers seeking the earmark and a 2005 campaign fundraiser Young attended in Bonita Springs, Fla., at the invitation of a local congressman, Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla. (The article also reported that when a Times reporter approached Young to speak to him about it, the congressman responded with an obscene gesture.)

-- family has long Those donating money -- about $40,000 total to Young included Aronoff, whose been friendly with Young. The earmark for the interchange study showed up not long after the fundraiser.

Q. How was the earmark put in the transportation bill?

A. It wasn’t until August 2007 that anyone realized that there may have been an additional impropriety beyond Young’s questionable approval of earmarks that benefited his campaign donors.

In Florida, the head of the transportation planning board asked her friend, Dana Letourneau, to

research how the county landed the earmark -- and to determine whether there was a way to use the money how they wanted. Both Mack and Young had suggested it might be poor form to turn down the money, and transportation planners wanted to see if there was a way to keep the money but spend it on road widening.

Letourneau, a retired former congressional liaison to the Department of Labor in Washington, found that as the bill was being cleaned up to be sent to the president, the $10 million earmark was given a specific designation for the Coconut Road interchange. Her research showed that the bill was changed after both the House and the Senate voted on it.

The Web site Talking Points Memo took it one step beyond; researchers looked at 6,373 earmarks in the bill and found that the Coconut Road earmark was the only one that underwent any substantive changes.

Q. What was Young’s role? it. A. Last spring, Young called the matter “a recycled story” and wouldn’t answer questions about his But as ethics watchdogs, journalists and community activists have uncovered more information, office has been gradually more forthcoming with the sequence of events.

Initially, they would say nothing other than that the community asked for the change in the earmark and that they made it. In December, they told the Daily News that they always intended it for the earmark to go to the interchange study. Florida Gulf Coast University asked for for hurricane evacuation in 2005 when he attended one of their community transportation meetings.

The actual changes to the earmark came during the enrollment process, when transportation with clerks committee staffers from both parties (as well as both the House and Senate) sat down committee made to fix technical problems with the bill. One of Young’s aides on the transportation the change at that time.

Last week, Young’s spokeswoman Meredith Kenny told the Washington Post that the bill was altered after both the House and Senate voted on it.

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Post. There was an error in the bill and so it was corrected,’ Kenny told the

on, and it angered watchdog But the change was a substantive one that Congress never voted They have been calling groups because it was a clear deviation from regular legislative procedure. the post-vote change to the on the House ethics panel to investigate since Letourneau discovered earmark.

a longtime critic of earmarks and Their efforts bore fruit last week when Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., panel of House and Senate wasteful spending, called for an internal investigation by a bipartisan process by finding out exactly members. The panel would help restore integrity to the legislative voted on an alternative: a request what happened, Coburn said. His proposal failed and the Senate to the earmark change. for the Justice Department to look into criminal activity connected

voted for the failed Coburn Alaska’s two senators, Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens, proposal but not the Justice Department investigation.

Q. What role will the Justice Department have? community activist in Florida told the A. The Justice Department already has been investigating. A FBI in 2006. Investigators wanted to Daily News last year that he had been interviewed by the the earmark. know about the political connections of the people who sought

and has provided it with documents, his Young has been interviewed by the Justice Department Young not to talk about “matters lawyer, John Dowd, told the Daily News. Dowd said he’s advised Young not talk about them, Dowd under investigation.” The Justice Department also requested including the wide-ranging probe said. The FBI and Justice have several ongoing investigations, about their ongoing corruption into political corruption in Alaska. They haven’t been forthcoming political Figures. investigations, because of the sensitive nature of investigating

the fundamental questions raised by the But Justice also has refused to even address some of Road earmark. It’s not clear whether the Senate’s call last week for an inquiry into the Coconut the authority to look into an internal, Justice Department will investigate, or whether it has procedural matter.

Q What role did Florida lawmakers play? Connie Mack, pointing to a letter he wrote in A. Young’s office has long tried to cast blame on was involved in organizing the 2005 fundraiser support of the Coconut Road study. But while Mack large House committee. Mack didn’t have the in Florida, he was a junior congressman on Young’s the earmark, unlike Young and the staffers he -- to actually change authority -- or the position asked for the change, ultimately it was Young’s employed on the committee. While he may have but also refuses to discuss the matter. staffers who made it. Mack has denied any involvement

the ranking Republican on the House He, as well as other Florida lawmakers (including for the earmark to go back to its original format: Transportation committee, Rep. John Mica) asked in the Senate by both Florida senators, money for the widening of 1-75. They were joined Both the senators voted for the Justice Republican Mel Martinez and Democrat Bill Nelson. Department investigation.

was actually attached to legislation that does The Senate’s request last week for an investigation transportation planners to use the money as away with the Coconut Road bill and allows Florida originally intended: for road widening.

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Find Erika Boistad online at adn.com/contact/ebolstad or call in Washington, D.C., at 1-202-383- 6104.

Troubies mount for Rep. Don Young

• On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 28 to ask the Justice Department to investigate Young’s $10 million Coconut Road earmark.

• Convicted D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s staff had more than 120 contacts with Youngs staff over a 25-month period, according to billing records.

• Young refuses to discuss $1.1million in campaign funds he has spent on legal fees over the past year.

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BY GREG GORDON AND ERIKA BOLSTAD • r1cCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (Published: November 11, 2007)

transportation WASHINGTON -- As chairman of the House committee, Alaska Congressman Don Young flew at least three times to upstate New York aboard a jet owned by Robert Congel, an ambitious shopping mall developer seeking federal highway money. Use of earmarks tripled during Rep. With Youngs help, Congel got millions of dollars to boost his Don Young’s six years as chairman House transportation dream of building the largest mall in North America. The of the committee. (BOB HALLINEN/Dally veteran Republican congressman got something, too: more than News archive 2006) $33,000 in political contributions from Congel, his family and his associates.

For Young, the Congel story was hardly unusual. Time after time in recent years, Young approved millions of dollars for highway projects for people who in turn fattened his campaign treasury.

With money pouring in from transportation interests, Young amassed $6.5 million in political contributions from 2001 to 2005. Facing weak political opposition at home, he didn’t need much for his campaign. Instead, Young tapped his campaign fund to travel the country, often lavishly and in corporate jets, to meet with more developers and view their proposed highway projects. As chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure donations are going for another Now Young’s campaign Committee, Young oversaw a tripling on criminal defense purpose. He’s spent nearly $450,000 in the use of earmarks. (LAUREN FBI investigation lawyers so far this year after he learned of an VICTORIA BURKE /Associated into his relationships with political donors, who include a Florida Press archive 2006) real estate developer seeking a highway ramp near his undeveloped land.

Young has plenty of company in Congress when it comes to parlaying federal contracts and grants into campaign donations. But few have taken richer advantage of a controversial process called “earmarking.”

During his six years as chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Young transformed the massive 2005 highway spending bill by dramatically increasing the use of earmarks, which set aside billions in federal money for pet Congressman Don Young reacts to

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A McClatchy Newspapers investigation has found just how lucrative Young’s earmarks were:

• Of the $6.5 million in contributions that Young collected -- $5.5 million for his campaign and $1 million for his leadership political action committee, or PAC -- about 85 percent came from people who didn’t live in Alaska and couldn’t vote for him.

• While the number of donors who got earmarks is hard to determine, an analysis of Young’s campaign finance reports show that beneficiaries of just seven earmarks with a total price of $259 million gave the veteran congressman at least $575,000. None of the projects was in Alaska.

• As hundreds of lobbyists sought to influence the massive highway-spending bill from 2003 to 2005, Young accepted at least 20 trips aboard private aircraft provided by corporations currying favor with the powerful congressman. He also stayed at such luxury hotels and resorts as the posh Four Seasons hotel in Newport Beach, Calif., MGM’s five-diamond Bellagio casino in Las Vegas and the Lodge and Ranch at Chama, N.M., which offers pricey hunting and fly-fishing excursions.

ACTION ‘BEARS SCRUTINY’

Young, 74, who has been Alaska’s only member of the House of Representatives for 35 years, declined to be interviewed for this story, to comment about specific earmarks or to answer questions about his political donors.

In a written statement, he said that if members of Congress didn’t earmark funding, ‘then federal agencies (would) decide where the money is best spent in that district.” He didn’t say why that system would be worse than Young himself deciding the fate of projects across the country.

Young’s financial relationships with those seeking specific earmarks have created some unseemly appearances. For example, dozens of transportation lobbyists fly to Alaska each year for a fundraiser, where they join Young for a day of salmon fishing.

One aspect of the pending FBI investigation centers on Young’s role in securing a $10 million earmark in the $286.5 billion highway bill passed in 2005. The earmark, which was inserted in the bill after final passage by the House of Representatives and Senate, was for a study of a highway ramp sought by a Florida real estate developer. At a fundraiser while on a trip to Bonita Springs, Fla., to inspect the site, Young received more than $40,000 in donations.

The FBI also has looked into Young’s connections to an indicted Wisconsin trucking executive who benefited from the provisions in the highway bill, and into his relationship with executives of Veco Corp., the Alaska oil field services company that has been Young’s top source of campaign donations over the past two decades. Two top Veco officials have pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators and using company money to make illegal campaign contributions to state and federal candidates.

Young’s legal problems reflect a rise in political corruption investigations by the Justice Department

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in recent years, which have focused on the connections between campaign contributions and the funding of pet projects through earmarks. So far, more than a dozen members of Congress have come under federal scrutiny.

Ronald Levin, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis who has studied congressional ethics, called Young’s issuance of earmarks benefiting donors who weren’t his constituents “unusual” and said that it “bears scrutiny.”

One question, he said, is “did he arrange favors for them because they were contributors?” Even if there’s no evidence that Young exchanged legislative favors for donations, Levin said that the House ethics committee members would have to decide ‘whether they can identify some act or conduct on his part that sets him apart from conduct generally tolerated.”

Daniel Lowenstein, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor who’s written extensively about election law, declined to comment on Young’s fundraising but called the earmarks system “a serious problem” because some campaign donors “are or seem to be ... interested in very specific projects.”

The surge in earmarking has been a bonanza for Alaska. Young and Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, at the time the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, played central roles in landing $1 billion in earmarks for Alaska, the equivalent of about $1,500 for every man, woman and child in the state. It was the third highest amount in the nation.

Among the earmarks: $449 million for what critics have ridiculed as two “bridges to nowhere” -- one in Ketchikan and one across Knik Arm in Anchorage formally named Don Young’s Way. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palm, also a Republican, last month refused to use any more money for the Ketchikan project, redirecting it for other purposes.

EARMARKS HAD FEW FINGERPRINTS

In his statement to McClatchy Newspapers, Young said that Alaska is “more than twice the size of Texas” and “a relatively new state that did not start building its infrastructure until World War II,” while “most other states have had a few hundred years to do what we’ve been trying to do.” He said it would have been “irresponsible’ for him, as chairman, to pass over less populated states that otherwise “would be overlooked by the Washington bureaucracy.”

But in the wake of a deadly interstate highway bridge collapse in Minnesota, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said in September that Congress’ “addiction to earmarks” is diverting funds urgently needed for bridge and road maintenance and to address mounting traffic congestion in big cities.

Unlike today’s rules, which require House members to disclose their sponsorship of earmarks, many of the 2005 transportation earmarks were attached to the five-year spending bill in a secretive, closed-door process that left few fingerprints.

Helping move the bill along were 1,117 lobbyists who were paid tens of millions to seek earmarks on behalf of corporations, institutions and even state and local governments, says the nonprofit watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. Among the lobbyists were several former Young aides.

While some congressmen and senators publicly touted earmarks to their constituents, the rationale behind many earmarks is difficult to determine. State and federal transportation officials are loath to criticize publicly those earmarks that they didn’t seek for fear of angering Young and other senior legislators.

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About 5,600 of the earmarks, worth $17 biflion, ordered specific uses for money that states were due to receive under a formula based on size and population. In a recent audit, the U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General quoted Federal Highway Administration officials as saying that many of those earmarks went for projects ‘that would not have been high- priority candidates for funding” by state officials.

‘They paved the legislation with political pork, ignoring real transportation needs,” charged Keith Ashdown, chief investigator for Taxpayers for Common Sense. He pointed to Cincinnati’s Brent Spence Bridge, which needs to be rebuilt but received only a few million dollars.

“The 150,000 people who drive over Brent Spence every day is likely to be the number of people that drive over one of the Alaska ‘bridges to nowhere’ in a year,” Ashdown said.

More than 700 other earmarks, costing $6.9 billion, drew even bigger jeers from policy watchdogs because they didn’t undergo the kind of rigorous cost-benefit analyses that states usually are required to perform to receive federal highway money.

WIDELY TRAVELED

In addition to the Florida highway ramp, Young’s earmarks include:

for a • Two $5 million allotments benefiting Syracuse, N.Y., shopping mall developer Congel, one largest state study of transportation projects near where Congel hopes to build North America’s members mall and one to develop digital construction technology. Congel, his employees, family and friends donated more than $33,000 to Young.

• $100 million sought by road builders from Virginia and elsewhere to kick-start a multibillion-dollar back project to add four truck lanes to a 325-mile span of Interstate 81, a plan that was scaled the dramatically after an environmental review. Executives of many of the 40 companies backing plan, their family members and political action committees gave Young $237,000.

colleague, then- • $32 million for five central California projects backed by Young’s friend and in Pombo’s hometown of Republican Congressman Richard Pombo, including a highway interchange more than Tracy, where he and his family had extensive real estate holdings. Young collected helped pay for a $34,000 at a San Jose area fundraiser in April 2004. Road builder URS Corp. company $845 for dinner reception; Young’s campaign finance report showed he reimbursed the the cost.

traveled Young’s spokeswoman, Meredith Kenny, said recently that as chairman, the congressman fund a project, he far and wide to view proposed highway and transit projects. “If he’s going to wants to see it,” she said.

by nearly two During a standoff with the White House that delayed the transportation bill’s passage than the administration was willing to allow -- he years -- Young wanted to spend more money the highway bill crisscrossed the country, often accompanied by his wife, Lu (for whom he named Texas, Washington SAFETEA-LU). He traveled to Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico.

earmarks. At Between 2003 and 2005, Young rode in jets owned or leased by companies seeking equivalent of the time, a House rule allowed congressional campaigns to reimburse the firms the first-class airfare instead of the actual cost for the more expensive private flight.

the delays Young’s campaign aides frequently scheduled fundraisers to coincide with his visits, and

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Young also helped Arkansas congressional delegation procure a $72 million earmark for a highway link between Pine Bluff and a future Interstate 69. Making two trips to Arkansas -- one in each 2004 and $147,000 in March 2005. election cycle -- he collected $60,000 in January

Young also got at least $24,000 from executives of Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores and its PAC. Wal-Mart, which hired former Young legislative director Levon Boyagian to lobby on its behalf, benefited from a $35 million earmark for widening a road in front of its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters.

A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES

said the Florida Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos, -whose agency opposes earmarks, millions of funds usually amount to no more than seed money. States then must come up with in the dollars to finish low-priority projects. Some cities and counties whose projects were rejected she resulting budget squeeze then hire their own lobbyists to push for congressional earmarks, said.

Ronald Utt, a Heritage Foundation scholar who has studied wasteful spending in transportation in earmarked bills, said many earmarked projects are of such low priority that billions of dollars money has gone unused.

listing earmarks that were Until the late 1990s, the U.S. Transportation Department issued reports want the results known. never used, he said, but that practice was ended because Congress didn’t

by Congress were “What they were finding was that about half the earmarks that were authorized you have an earmark is never done,” Utt said, calling that a logical conclusion. “Usually the reason that these are projects that would never get done under normal circumstances.”

chairman, Jim Among earmarks’ chief defenders is the House committee’s new Democratic congressman for his turn Oberstar of Minnesota, who waited 40 years as a congressional aide and remove politics from the in the chairman’s seat. Oberstar believes that ending earmarks wouldn’t decisions over how to process, but only cede to state governors and transportation commissioners spend federal tax dollars, an aide said.

to rein in earmarking, and A number of Fiscal conservatives in Congress are pushing for reforms he says reflect a lack of “fiscal President Bush has used his veto power to protest earmarks, which discipline.”

Commissioner Ben Nelson But outlawing them will be tough, as exemplified by the attitude of City for a highway ramp study. of Bonita Springs, Fla., who supported Young’s controversial earmark works” in Congress. Nelson said he wouldn’t “pass moral judgment on the way the process of how ‘dirty’ it is.” “The city of Bonita Springs is supportive of the earmark,” he said, “regardless

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SOME PROJECTS YOUNG HELPED

IN VIRGINIA: Road builders and others pushing a multibillion-dollar truck highway project gave Rep. Don Young more than $230,000 in campaign contributions. Young supported spending $100 million to kick-start the project.

IN SYRACUSE, N.Y.: More than $33,000 in campaign contributions came to Young from a real estate developer, his family and friends. Young supported $10 million in federal spending to benefit the developer, including paying for a traffic study where he hopes to build North Americas largest mall.

IN ARKANSAS: More than $200,000 came to Young from Arkansas fundraisers and Arkansas- based Wal-Mart executives. Young helped fund a $72 million highway project between Pine Bluff and a planned interstate, and $35 million for widening a road leading to Wal-Mart’s Bentonville headquarters.

IN FLORIDA: Developers met with Young and donated more than $40,000. Young earmarked $10 million to study an offramp.

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday took the unusual step of asking the Justice Department to investigate Rep. Don Young’s Coconut Road earmark.

The Senates 64-28 vote calls on the Justice Department to look into the circumstances surrounding the 2005 earmark, which shifted $10 million from a road widening project in southwest Florida to a study of an interchange that promised to benefit one of Youngs campaign donors.

Young has frequently made national news in his 35 years in office, but it is uncommon for any rank-and-file member of the House of Representatives to be the center of attention and discussion in the Senate. The Senate historian’s office could recall no example Thursday of the Senate ever asking the Justice Department to look into possible criminal conduct by a House member.

But the 2005 earmark by an Alaska congressman for a southwest Florida road has, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said, spotlighted “the corruption that permeated the Congress in recent years.”

“If violations of federal criminal law occurred, it is the province of the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate and prosecute them,” Reid said on the Senate floor.

Justice Department officials would not comment on Thursday’s Senate vote. They also have repeatedly refused to comment on any ongoing investigation in Florida, where FBI agents have interviewed community activists who raised questions about the political connections of the people who benefited from the earmark.

EARMARK CAME AS A SURPRISE

The Coconut Road earmark was in the $286.4 billion highway bill that Young oversaw in 2005 as the influential Republican chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. An aide made the change to the legislation after the House and Senate had already voted on the bill, a secret move that has angered other members of Congress and that, ultimately, led to Thursday’s call for an investigation.

Young has said since last summer that the community asked for the change and that when one of his staffers made it during the bill enrollment process, they considered it a technical fix that mirrored what people in Florida wanted. His office wouldn’t comment Thursday on the Senate vote, but has said for the past week that Young welcomes scrutiny of how the earmark was changed.

“It’s a matter of the process, not the member,” Young’s spokeswoman, Meredith Kenny, said earlier this week. “None of this could have happened just at the hand of Congressman Young.”

http ://www. adn.com/news/politics/fbi/young/v-printer/story/3 79679.html 4/21/2008 administration was willing to allow -- he crisscrossed the country, often accompanied by his wife, Lu (for whom he named the highway bill SAFETEA LU). He traveled to Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico.

Between 2003 and 2005, Young rode in jets owned or leased by companies seeking eannarks. At the time, a I-louse rule allowed congressional campaigns to reimburse the firms the equivalent of first-class airfare instead of the actual cost for the more expensive private flight.

Young’s campaign aides frequently scheduled fundraisers to coincide with his visits, and the delays in passage of the highway bill allowed a second round of fundraisers in a new campaign cycle.

Young also helped Arkansas’ congressional delegation procure a $72 million earmark for a highway link between Pine Bluff and a future Interstate 69.

-- Making two trips to Arkansas -- one in each election cycle he collected $60,000 in January 2004 and $147,000 in March 2005.

A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES

Florida Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos, whose agency opposes earmarks, said the funds usually amount to no more than seed money. States then must come up with millions of dollars to fmish low-priority projects. Some cities and counties whose projects were rejected in the resulting budget squeeze then hire their own lobbyists to push for congressional earmarks, she said.

Ronald Utt, a Heritage Foundation scholar who has studied wasteful spending in transportation bills, said many earmarked projects are of such low priority that billions of dollars in earmarked money has gone unused.

7 But in the wake of a deadly interstate highway bridge collapse in Minnesota, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said in September that Congress’ ‘addiction to earmarks” is diverting funds urgently needed for bridge and road maintenance and to address mounting traffic congestion in big cities.

Helping move the bill along were 1,1 17 lobbyists who were paid tens of millions to seek earmarks on behalf of corporations, institutions and even state and local governments, says the nonprofit watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. Among the lobbyists were several former Young aides.

About 5,600 of the earmarks, worth $17 billion, ordered specific uses for money that states were due to receive under a formula based on size and population. In a recent audit, the U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General quoted Federal Highway Administration officials as saying that many of those earmarks went for projects “that would not have been high- priority candidates for funding” by state officials.

“They paved the legislation with political pork, ignoring real transportation needs,” charged Keith Ashdown, chief investigator for Taxpayers for Common Sense. He pointed to Cincinnati’s Brent Spence Bridge, which needs to be rebuilt but received only a few million dollars.

“The 150,000 people who drive over Brent Spence every day is likely to be the number of people that drive over one of the Alaska ‘bridges to nowhere’ in a year,” Ashdown said.

5 comment about specific earmarks or to answer questions about his political donors.

In a written statement, he said that if members of Congress didn’t earmark funding, “then federal agencies (would) decide where the money is best spent in that district.” He didn’t say why that system would be worse than Young himself deciding the fate of projects across the country.

Young’s financial relationships with those seeking specific earmarks have created some unseemly appearances. For example, dozens of transportation for a lobbyists fly to Alaska each year for a fundraiser, where they join Young day of salmon fishing.

securing One aspect of the pending FBI investigation centers on Young’s role in The a $10 million earmark in the $286.5 billion highway bill passed in 2005. earmark, which was inserted in the bill after final passage by the House of a Representatives and Senate, was for a study of a highway ramp sought by Florida real estate developer. At a fundraiser while on a trip to Bonita Springs, Fla., to inspect the site, Young received more than $40,000 in donations.

The FBI also has looked into Young’s connections to an indicted Wisconsin and trucking executive who benefited from the provisions in the highway bill, services into his relationship with executives of Veco Corp., the Alaska oil field over the past company that has been Young’s top source of campaign donations Alaska state two decades. Two top Veco officials have pleaded guilty to bribing to legislators and using company money to make illegal campaign contributions state and federal candidates.

by Young’s legal problems reflect a rise in political corruption investigations the Justice Department in recent years, which have focused on the connections between campaign contributions and the funding of pet projects through earmarks. So far, more than a dozen members of Congress have come under federal scrutiny.

3 Earmarks, favors: Young used position for funds and his donors’ projects

BY GREG GORDON AND ERIKA BOLSTAD McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Published: November 11, 2007 Last Modified: November 1 1., 2007 at 06:42 AM

WASHINGTON -- As chairman of the House transportation committee, Alaska Congressman Don Young flew at least three times to upstate New York aboard ajet owned by Robert Congel, an ambitious shopping mall developer seeking federal highway. money.

With Young’s help, Congel got millions of dollars to boost his dream of building the largest mall in North America. The veteran Republican congressman got something, too: more than $33,000 in political contributions from Congel, his family and his associates.

For Young, the Congel story was hardly unusual. Time after time in recent years, Young approved millions of dollars for highway projects for people who in turn fattened his campaign treasury.

Now Young’s campaign donations are going for another purpose He’s spent nearly $450,000 on criminal defense lawyers so far this year after he learned of an FBI investigation into his relationships with political donors, who include a Florida real estate developer seeking a highway ramp near his undeveloped land.

1 New York GOP Congressman Sherwood Boehiert. Congel also channeled upward of$ 100,000 to New York’s two Democratic senators, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, both in positions to secure earmarks for state projects. Boehiert, who recalled spending a night at Savannah Dhu before a speaking engagement, said Congel is “doing what just about everybody else who’s in the business world and wants to accomplish something does. They’re looking for a way to accomplish the most with the least. They’re looking for every bit of governmental assistance they can get.” Young netted at least $33,000 from Congel, his family members, employees and business associates, much of it at a November 2003 Savannah Dhu fundraiser. Young also got $7,645 from Congel’s Green Worlds Fund PAC, apparently so named because Congel is financing solar panels and other forms of renewable energy at his Syracuse mall with low-interest “Green Bonds” arranged by friends in Congress. Tn 2005, Young helped set up a congressional briefing in which Congel and his team pitched digital construction technology for use in rebuilding the hurricane- ravaged Gulf Coast. Spurred by Republican Rep. James Walsh, who represents the Syracuse area, Young approved $5 million in the highway bill for Destiny USA to develop the digital technology further and $5 million more to redesign Interstates 81 and 690, which pass near the Destiny site. Congel had his eye on bigger bucks: designation by Congress as a “Project of National and Regional Significance,” which would have locked up tens of millions of dollars. Despite support from Walsh and New York GOP Rep. Tom Reynolds, however, Destiny USA wasn’t picked. Although last year’s election relegated Young to a lower profile in the Republican minority, Congel hasn’t forgotten him. Young’s campaign manager, Steve Dougherty, said Congel plans to host a fundraiser for Young sometime in November.

2 Until the late 1990s, the U.S. Transportation Department issued reports listing earmarks that were never used, he said, but that practice was ended because Congress didn’t want the results known.

“What they were finding was that about half the eannarks that were authorized by Congress were never done,” Utt said, calling that a logical conclusion. “Usually the reason you have an earmark is that these are projects that would never get done under normal circumstances.”

Among earmarks’ chief defenders is the House committee’s new Democratic chairman, Jim Oberstar of Mirmesota, who waited 40 years as a congressional aide and congressman for his turn in the chairman’s seat. Oberstar believes that ending earmarks wouldn’t remove politics from the process, but only cede to state governors and transportation commissioners decisions over how to spend federal tax dollars, an aide said.

A number of fiscal conservatives in Congress are pushing for reforms to rein in earmarking, and President Bush has used his veto power to protest earmarks, which he says reflect a lack of “fiscal discipline.”

But outlawing them will be tough, as exemplified by the attitude of City Commissioner Ben Nelson of Bonita Springs, Fla., who supported Young’s controversial earmark for a highway ramp study. Nelson said he wouldn’t “pass moral judgment on the way the process works” in Congress.

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Thursdays vote for a Justice Department investigation was actually an amendment to a bill that corrects a number of technical problems in the original 2005 bill -- including reversing Young’s Coconut Road earmark.

ROAD PLANNERS RAISE QUESTIONS

The $10 million earmark, originally for the widening of Interstate 75 in Lee County, Fla., was shifted toward a study of an interchange instead.

The FBI has interviewed community activists who said they felt an interchange at Coconut Road and 1-75 would allow the development of environmentally sensitive land owned by Florida developer Daniel Aronoff.

But federal investigators didn’t start looking into the matter until local road planners started questioning why they had received an unasked-for earmark to study something that wasn’t one of their transportation priorities. They’d originally asked for the $10 million to widen the interstate.

Other community interests were pushing for the interchange, including nearby Florida Gulf Coast University. The school asked for the Coconut Road study when Young attended one of their community transportation meetings with a local congressman, Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla.

Young’s chief of staff, Mike Anderson, has said previously that school officials wanted it to serve as a demonstration project for a sophisticated transportation hub that could be monitored with cameras during hurricane evacuations. “It’s captured in three words: Hurricane evacuation route,” Anderson told McClatchy Newspapers in August.

Yet in the weeks before and after the earmark was inserted in the spending bill, Young’s campaign and his political action committee collected contributions from Aronoff, his lobbyist and a number of business interests. Those donations totaled more than $40,000.

Contributors included Rick Alcalde, a Young campaign donor who worked on behalf of Aronoff’s real estate firm, the Landon Companies. Alcalde also worked as a lobbyist for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Lobbying disclosure forms show that in 2005, the Landon Companies paid Alcalde $80,000 specifically to lobby on Young’s highway bill. In 2006, the university paid him $40,000 to lobby on a transportation appropriations bill.

ALASKA SENATORS VOTE AGAINST

The fundraiser was one of many Young attended nationwide as chairman of the transportation committee, where he was the final say on what highway projects got approved across America.

Eventually, the original earmark was changed, but after the House and Senate had both voted on it. An enrollment clerk, working with staffers on Young’s committee, erased “1-75” and added the words “Coconut Road” as the massive spending bill was being cleaned up to be sent to President Bush for signing.

Thursday, support for the Justice Department investigation, sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D Calif., drew an unlikely coalition of Democrats and Republicans, many of whom said they were concerned about the integrity of their legislative process. Twenty of the votes of support came from Republicans, including Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Senate minority leader.

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House leaders had a muted response to the Senate vote, but indicated they were concerned about what had happened. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that the matter should be taken up by the House ethics committee. The Republican House leader, Rep. John Boehner, said he also had no objections to an investigation.

Mr. Young’s office has welcomed any inquiry or examination of the earmark, and I would support that as well, Boehner said. “1 think it’s in everyone’s interest that we know what happened and did not happen here.”

Both of Alaska’s senators voted against the Justice Department investigation, with Republican Sen. Ted Stevens calling it a “dangerous precedent.” But both he and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, did vote for an alternative proposal posed by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

Coburn, who opposes earmarks and has been critical of the Alaska delegation, had asked for a bipartisan House and Senate committee to investigate the earmark. It would then refer its findings to the proper authorities. His proposal had 49 supporters, but needed 60 votes for approval.

Later, Coburn said he Feared that the Senate’s vote Thursday was unconstitutional. Congress can’t order a criminal investigation any more than the Justice Department can investigate violations of congressional rules, Coburn said. It violates the Speech and Debate clause of the Constitution, which keeps investigators from using legislative materials as evidence of wrongdoing in criminal investigations.

“Violating congressional rules is not a crime, yet Congress has just given away its right to police itself with this misguided amendment,” Coburn said.

His concerns were echoed by congressional budget and ethics watchdog groups, who say they worry that a criminal investigation won’t get at the heart of what is essentially a procedural problem.

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SEC. 1933. BILLY TAUZIN ENERGY CORRIDOR. (a) DESIGNATiON—Louisiana Route 1 shall be known and des ignated as the “Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor”. (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, doc ument, paper, or other record of the United States to the highway segment referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a ref erence to the “Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor”. SEC. 1934. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums as are necessary to make allocations in accordance with para graph (2) to carry out each project described in the table con tained in subsection (c), at the amount specified for each such project in that table. (2) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES.—Of the total amount speci fied for each project described in the table contained in sub section (c), 10 percent for fiscal year 2005, 20 percent for fiscal year 2006, 25 percent for fiscal year 2007, 25 percent for fiscal year 2008, and 20 percent for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated to carry out each such project in that table. (b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 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 the funds shall re main available until expended. (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be determined in accordance with section 120 of such title. (c) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is as follows: 354

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Denali Commission for docks, waterfront development 1 AK projects and related transportation infrastructure. $20000000 2 AK Improvements to the Knik Arm Bridge $20,000,000 Upgrades on the Dalton Highway, including but not limited to design. 3 AK engineering, permitting, and construction $500,000 Upgrades on the I-(ichardson Highway, including but not 4 AK limited to design, $500,000 Anchorage: Intermodal facility improvements at the Port 5 AK of Anchorage $7,000,000 Petersburg: Road improvements, Including but not limited to design, engineering, 6 AK germitting, and construction $500,000 7 AK Tanana: Dust Control Mitigation $500,000 Anchorage: Dimond Center Intermodal Facility, including but not limited to design, engineering, permitting, and 8 AK construction $500,000 Homer: Intermodal deep-water dock facility 9 AK improvements $2,000,000

Anchorage: Study, design, and engineering of KnIk 10 AK crossing approach routes to minimize traffic congestion $2,000,000 Sitka: World War It Causeway Trail and Multi-use -Il AK Pathwayprojects $1,000,000 12 AK McGrath: Road erosion control along the Yukon River 13 AK Ketchikan: Improve marine dry-dock and facilities $20,000,000 Preliminary Engineering, Design. Right-Of-Way Acquisition and Construction of the Tuscaloosa Bypass, 14 AL Alabama $5,000,000 Preliminary Engineering, Design, Right-Of-Way Acquisition and Construction of the -10 Connector, 15 AL Alabama $5,000,000 Preliminary Engineering. Design, Right-Of-Way Acquisition and Construction of the -85 Extension, 16 AL Alabama $50,000,000 Century Boulevard Pedestrian Safety and Transportation 17 CA Improvements in City of tn9lewood $3,000,000 HilmarlTurlock California Highway 99 Interchange 18 CA En9ineering and Construction in Merced County $1,000,000 Port of Hueneme tntermodat Access Improvement Access Improvement Project, including grade separation at Rice Avenue and Slate Route 34; widen Hueneme 19 CA Road $1,000,000 Widen Northbound -405 between 1-10 and US-lOl for 20 CA HOV Lane $30,000,000 21 CA Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority $30,000,000 22 CO Improvements to l-70/Havana)Yosimite Interchange $3,000,000 Improvements to Wadsworth & US 36 Interchange in 23 CO Broomfield $2,000,000 24 CO Improvements to Bromley Lane & US 85 Interchange $1,000,000 355

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25 CO Improvements to C470 & US 85 Interchange $4000000 Improvements to Hwy 34 & 1-25 Interchange 26 CO (Loveland/Geeley $2,000,000 Improvements to Hwy 16 & -25 Interchange (Ft. Carson 27 CO Phase I) $3,000,000 28 CO Improvements to Hwy 50 from Las Animas to Lamar $12,000,000 W’ CO Improvements to Hwy 395 & 1-25 (at Windsor Exit) $2,000,000 Improvements to Pecos Street Overpass (Adams 30 CO County) $3,000,000 31 CO Improvements to US 285 & Deer Creek Interchange $1,000,000 Improvements to US 50 & Hwy 115 (safety 32 CO improvements) $2,000,000 33 CD Improvements to Glenwood Springs Bridge $1,000,000 34 CD Improvements to 104th & US 85 Intersection $1,000,000 Development and demonstration in Connecticut of fuel 35 CT cell technogies for buses in urban areas $5,000,000

Improvements to 1-95 in Connecticut, including the Pearl Harbor Memorial/Q Bridge, from the state border with 36 CT New York to the state border with Rhode Island $50,000,000 Planning, Design, and Construction of the Energy Exploration Center at Destination Station in Rehoboth 37 DE Beach $1,000,000 Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Analysis of 38 DE the Middletown to Newark Rail Connection $4,000,000 Develop and construct an alternative route for truck 39 BE traffic in the core downtown area of Harringlon $8,500,000 Build the Pomeroy Line PedestrianlBicycle Trail and 40 DE Facility in Newark $4,771,000 Infrastructure and Streetscape Improvements on 41 DE Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth $6,750,000 University of Delaware’s Automotive Based Fuel Cell 42 DE Hybrid Bus Program ri Newark $4,979,000 Design and Construct the Indian River Inlet Bridge on 43 DR SR-i in Sussex County $5,000,000 44 FL Tamiami Trail Skyway Transportation Study $1,000,000 Sand Lake Road Improvements between President’s 45 FL Drive and -4. 3,000,000 New systems interchange ramps at SR 417 and Boggy 46 FL Creek Road in Orange County, Florida 2,000,000 47 FL Florida SIS projects in Miami-Dade County 5,000,000 Hilisborough County 1-4 Crosstown Connector— Construction of -4 crosstown connector from -4 to Port 48 FL of Tampa $7,000,000 Sand Lake Road Improvements between Presidents 49 FL Drive and 1-4 $6,000,000 Gulf Coast Parkway. Final design, engineering, and 50 FL construction for a 2-lane Gulf CoastIUS 98 bypass $7,000,000 51 GA Queens Road widening and reconstruction Cobb Co. $1,000,000 Widening Cectarcrest Rd. from Paulding Co. to 52 GA Governor’s Towne $1,000,000 356

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US 84 Connector/Bypass from west of US 84)SR 119 west of Hinesvifle to US 84/SR 196 south of Remington, 53 GA LibertyCounty $1,000,000

54 GA SR 7461SE Rome Bypass from SR1OI US 411 Floyd Co $4,000,000 SR 204/Abercorn Street from King George Boulevard to 55 GA Rio Road widening $4,000,000 SR 96 from 1-75 to old Hawkinsville Road widening and 56 GA reconstruction $4,000,000 57 GA SR4O tram west of CR61 to SR 251US 17 widening $4,000,000 SR 40 from east of St Mary’s cut off at mile post 5.0, Charlton County, to County Route 61. Camden County 58 GA Widening $2,000,000 -75 interchanges tram north of Tifton to Turner County 59 GA line interchange reconstruction $4,000,000 l-J5lWindy Hill Road interchange reconstruction, Cobb 60 GA County $5,000,000 Interchange capacity improvements at 1-285 and Ashford 61 GA Dunwoody Road $3,000,000

l-75/CR65!Union Grove Road — new interchange, 62 GA Gordon County $3,500,000 SR 85 widening from Adams Drive to -75 and 63 GA reconstruct the Forest Parkway interchange $3,500,000

64 GA City of Jesup, Georgia for transportation improvements $2,500,000

65 GA Walker County, Georgia for transportation improvements $2,500,000 Catoosa County. Georgia for transportation

66 GA improvements - $2,500,000 1-75/CR 665/Carbondale Road interchange 67 GA reconstruction, Whitfield County $4,000,000 US 41 1/SR 20 Access Rights from Floyd County to US 68 GA 41ISR 3 for transportation improvements $3,500,000 Saddle Road traffic improvements on the Island of 69 HI Hawaii $10,000,000 70 HI Kapolei traffic improvements on the Island of Oahu $5,000,000 Queen Kaahumanu Highway traffic improvements on the 71 HI Island of Hawaii $5,000,000 Iowa State University. National Center for Portland 72 IA Cement Concrete Pavement Technology $10,000,000

University of Northern Iowa, Native Roadside Vegetation 73 IA Enhancement Center, conslruction and equipment $1,000,000

University of Iowa, Public Policy Center - Field Test of 74 IA Onboard Computer Assessment of Highway User Fees $4,000,000 Drake University, 28th and Carpenter Streets 75 IA Improvements, Des Moines $1,500,000 Loess Hills Scenic Byways/Resource Protection, 76 IA Western Iowa $330,000 Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Rivers to the 77 IA Sea, Dubugue County $5,000,000 357

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78 IA Road,DubuqueCounty S600J00 Great River Road National Scenic Byway. Renovating 79 IA Old Fort Madision $37445

80 IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Louisa County $1700000 81 IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway. Montrose $73,500 Wapsi-Great Western Trail System, Mithcell and Howard 82 IA Counties $2,300,000 83 IA Lewis and Clark Trail Study $250,000 84 IA Recreation Trail, Comanche to Clinton $2,100,000

85 IA Mississippi River Trail, Heritage Trail, Dubugue County $1,680,000 Mississippi River Trait, Bridge at Credit Island, 86 IA Davenport $2,000,000 Mississippi River Trail, Leach Park in Bettendorf to 87 IA Riverdale $2,165,000 American Discovery Trail, Hoover Nature Trait Connect 88 IA to Ely $200,000 American Discovery Trail, connection to Clear Creek 89 IA Trail, Coralville $450,000 90 IA Downtown Improvement Project, DeWitt $1,700,000 91 IA 19th Avenue North Connector, Clinton $1,500,000 92 IA McCollister Boulevard. Iowa City (HP: 830) $3,000,000 93 IA County Home Road. Llnn County $1,200,000 94 IA Collins Road, Cedar Rapids $6,000,000 I-8OlMidclte Road Interchange Justification Report with 95 IA Environmental Assessment, Bettendorf $500,000 96 IA Highway K-35, Woodbury County $1,000,000 National Transportation Heroes Center and Regional Transportation Archival, Research, and Library Center. 97 IA Grinnell $3,600,000

98 IA Highway 4 Underpass, Jefferson $3,000,000 99 IA IA 92 Project, lndianola $2,000,000 Rehabilitation and Retrofit of Historic Boone County 100 IA Wagon Bridge $800,000 Lincoln Highway Rehabilitation and Restoration Project, 101 kA Woodbine $203,870 102 IA IA 57/West 1st Street Reconstruction, Cedar Falls $3,000,000 103 IA Scotch Ridge Project, Carlisle $2,022,000

US 63 Improvements. Chickasaw, Bremer, and Black 104 IA Hawk Counties (HP: 858) $1,486,185 105 IA Study of Direct Link to 1-80, PeIla (HP: 54) $110,000 Constwction of 100th Slreet Interchange on 1-35/80. 106 IA Urbandale (HP: 86) $220,000

107 IA Central Iowa Trail Loop, Ankeny to kVoodward (HP: 146) $720,000 108 IA Study for NE Beltway, Polk County (HP: 209) $110,000 109 A Widening University Boulevard, Clive (HP: 275) $220,000 358

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Reconstruction of NW Madrid Drive, Polk County (HP: 110 IA 396) $220,000 111 IA Widening of Highway 44, Grimes (HP: 834) $2020000 112 IA NW 70th Avenue Reconstruction, Johnston (HP: 848) $2100000 US 6 Final Phase of Safety Improvements, Coralville 113 IA (HP: 1098) $440000 Construct IA-32 Arterial from US 20 to US 61 and 151, 114 IA Dubuque (HP: 1145) $4,180,000 Construct Trait from Musser Park to Weggens Road, 115 IA Muscatine (HP: 1243) $110,000

Reconstruction of Neat Smith Trait, Polk County (HP: 116 IA 1284 $792,000 Reconstruction of NE 56th Street, Eastern Polk County 117 L’ (HP: 1540) $220 JJ00 Hoeven Corridor/Outer Drive Project, Sioux City 118 IA (HP:1581) $440,000 119 IA Phase HI of Main Street Project, Arnana (HP:t 791) $220,000 Improvements at IA 146 and 1-80 Interchange, Grinnett 120 IA (HP: 2182) $220,000

121 IA Construct SW Connector, West Des Moines (HP: 2248) $3,440,000 US 20 MissIssippi River Bridges and Approaches, 122 IA Dubugue (HP: 2574) $5,500,000 123 IA 1-35 Interchange Improvements, Ankeny (HP: 2837) $1,100,000 Construction of NW 26th Street Interchange 1-35, Polk 124 IA County (HP: 3258) $220,000 125 IA Construct Principal Riverwalk, Des Moines (HP:3298) $1,100.000 Design, rehabilitation and construction of Clear Creek 126 IA Greenway and associated trails in Johnson County $800,000 Design ens construction of Central IA Trail Loop from 127 IA Ajikeny to Woodward $1,000,000 Design, ROW and construction of Ely Connector Trail in 128 LA Linn County $400,000 129 IA Reconstruction of rail line from Oetwein to DeWar $1,000,000 Purchase and rehabilitation of 9 mile Rail spur to 130 IA Bondurant $1,000,000 ROW and construction of Mississippi River Trail and 131 IA related trails in Dubugue County $1,000,000 ROW and construction of Mississippi River Trail and 132 IA related trails in Scott-Muscatine Counlies $1,000,000 133 IA Construction of SW Arterial, IA-32 Dubuque $6,800,000 134 IA Construction of Cedar Falls trails $1,000,000 135 LA Conslruction of HWY 63 in Waterloo $3,000,000 Kimberly Road improvements andconstruction in 136 IA Davenport $3,000,000 137 IA Mississippi River Trail, Allamakee County $4,900,000 138 IA US 71 Bypass, Spencer $5,000,000 359

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‘Transportation Improvements to Widen US-95. Wortey 139 ID to Mica Creek $5,000,000 Transportation tmprovements to Improve St-i-75, 140 ID Timmerrnan to Ketchum $2,000,000 Construct Interchange on 1-84 at Ten-Mite Road, 141 ID Meridian, Idaho $2,000,000 Reconstruct Grangemont Road (ID Forest Hwy. 67) from 142 ID Orotino to MP 9.3, Segment I, II, and III $1,000,000 Preconstruction and construction activities of U.S. 51 143 IL between Decatur and Vandalia $7,500,000 Preconstruction and construction of North-South Wacker 144 IL Drive in Chicago $15,000,000 Construct new Mississippi River Bridge and related 145 IL roads in the vicinity of East SI. Louis $14,000,000 ‘146 IL Replace -74 Bridge in Quad Cities (Moline) $3,500,000 Conduct study of U.S. 67 bridge over Illinois River in 147 IL Beardstown $2,000,000 Improvements to the intersection of IL 13 and 37 in 148 IL Marion $1,000,000 Conslruction to improve access of Interstate 57/64 in Mt. 149 IL Vernon $2,000,000 Construction of Joliet Arsenal Road Improvements in ‘150 IL Will County $1,000,000 ‘151 IL Conlinue expansion of IL 336 in Macomb-Peoria $2,000,000 Preconstruction and construction of IL 13 connector in 152 IL Harrisburg $2,000,000 Improvements to existing roadway/railroad crossings, ‘153 IN City of Vincennes, Indiana $5,000,000 Improvements to existing rail-highway crossings. City of 154 IN Eikhart, Indiana $5,000,000 Widen South Meridian Street from 47th Street South to 155 KS list Street South in Sedgwick County, KS $3,000,000 Widen 21st Street North, eastward from HWY K-96 to 156 KS the Butler County line in Sedgwick County $2,600,000 Reconstruction of railroad and road grade separation project eliminating four high volume at grade crossings on Ridgeview Street, Santa Fe Street, Loula Street, and 157 KS Park Street in Olathe, KS $2,000,000 Construction of South Bypass for Highway 56 in Great 158 KS Bend $2,000,000

159 KS Street and sidewalk replacement in downtown Fort Scott $400,000 HWY 156 associated with the Horse Thief Reservoir in 160 KS Hodgeman County $3,600,000 Bridge replacement on Johnson Drive and Nail Ave. 161 KS associated with the Rock Creek Project in Mission $1,200,000 Reconstruction of the box under US HWY 56 on Windsor Lane associated with the Rock Creek Project In 162 KS Fairway $200,000 Reconstruction of the Mission Road Bridge associated 163 KS With the Rock Creek Project in Fairway, KS $1,000,000 360

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Rehabilitation and reconstruction of US 169 and 164 KS interchange with US 166 in Montgomery County $2,00I000 US HWY 50 Shoulder widening between Dodge City and 165 KS Garden City, KS $2,000,000 166 KY 21st Century Parks Project in Louisville, Kentucky $38,000,000 Construction of new 165 Interchange in Warren County, 167 KY Kentucky $12,000,000 Owensboro Riverfront Development Project in illS KY Owensboro, Kentucky $10,000,000 Transportation Improvements to AA-l275 Connector, 169 KY Campbell County $8,000,000 Transportation Improvements to US6O Owensboro, 170 KY Daviess County $2,00000 Constwction of the Leeville Bridge from Port Fouchon to 171 LA Golden Meadow $10,000,000 Construct rail freight corridor improvements between 172 MA Boston and Worcester $9,000,000 Design and construct bicycle and pedestrian traits in 173 MA Bamstable County $3,000,000 174 MA Rutherford Avenue Improvements in Boston $9,000,000 Design and construct roadway and streetscape 175 MA improvements along State Street in Springfield $5,000,000 Construct 1-91 Corridor Intelligent Transportation System Communications Network, Hampden, Hampshire. and 176 MA Franklin Counties $4,000,000 Design and construct roadway and streetscape improvements along Main Street and Mawood Street. 177 MA Worcester, MA $2,000,000 Design and construct downtown roadway and 178 MA streetscape improvements in Brockton $2,000,000 Junction Interchange, Andover, Tewksbury, and 179 MA Wilmington $4,000,000 Gainsborough St. & St. Bololph Street Improvements in 180 MA Boston $2,000,000 Upgrade MD 175 in Anne Arundel County between MD 181 MD 170 and OW Parkway $5,000,000 Improve US 40. MD 715 interchange at Aberdeen 182 MD Proving Ground $5,000,000

183 MD Upgrade MD 4 at Suitland Parkway $5,000,000 Construct Fort Mct-lenry Visitors Center and related 184 MD riarking facilIties $2,000,000 Plan and construct North-South Arooslook highways to improve access to the St. John Valley, including Presque 185 ME Isle Bypass and other improvements $5,000,000

186 ME Repair and tmprovement of Deer lsle-Sedgwick Bridge $3,000,000 Construction of CalaislSt. Stephen Border Crossing 187 ME Project si,ooo,ooo 188 ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock Bridge $1,000,000 36i

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Improvements and construction of US Route 1A and 189 ME State Route 9 in Bangor, Maine $1,500,000 Planning and Construction of the Gorham Bypass, 190 ME Gortiam. Maine. $2,500,000 Access and Traffic Improvements to Route 15 in Brewer. 191 ME Maine $50000

192 ME Sedgewick - Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgewick, Maine $3,000,000 i3rioge improvements, !kugusla, 193 ME Maine. $1,000,000

Replacement of Waldo-Hancock and Construction of 194 ME Related Pedestrian Walkways. $1,000,000 extend the life of concrete bridges and Marine structures 195 ME within varied climates. $500,000 Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, West Riverfront Walkway, Greenway and Adjacent Land Acquisition, 196 Ml from Riverfront Towers to Ambassador Bridge, Detroit $20,000,000 197 Ml Reconstruct and Widen 1-94 in Kalamazoo $20,000,000 Construction of a new at-grade crossing and -75 interchange to reconnect Milbocker and McCoy Roads and a new overpass to reconnect Van Tyle to South 198 Ml Wisconsin Road in Gaylord $7,000,000 The Trowbridge Rood Extension to Farm Lane, tngham County, Ml, Farm Lane between Mt. Hope Road and Trowbridge Road with underpasses for GN and CSX 199 MI railroad crossings $6,000,000 East Riverfront, completion of Detroit Riverfront East 200 MI Walkway. Detroit $3,000,000 Alger County, Repaving a portion of H-SB between 201 Mi Sullivan Creek towards Little Beaver Road $11,000,000 202 MI Jackson Road Boulevard Project, Scio Township $5,000,000 Blue Waler Bridge Plaza Expansion, Improve Highway 203 MI connections along 1-94 end 1-69 Port Huron $18,000,000 Midtown Detroit Greenway Loop, Detroit Cultural Center 204 Ml in Detroit $2,000,000 205 Ml Pinnacle Aeropark Access Project in Wayne County $2,000,000 Washington Ave Streetscape and rail relocation in 206 Ml Saginaw $1,000,000 US 131 widening from the Manistee River to north of M 207 Ml 113 in Grand Traverse County $3,000,00 ii Mile Road Reconstnctiori—BerkIey, Huntington 208 Ml Woods, Oak Park $2,000,000

209 MN Phase Ill construction of Trunk Higy10-10 $8,000,000 Polk, Pennlngton, Marshall County 10-Ton Corridor in 210 MN Northwestern Minnesota $2,000,000

211 MO Mississippi River Bridge St. Louis, Missouri $25,000,000

212 MO -29 Paseo Bridge Kansas City. Missouri $50,000,000 362

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Page Ave. Extension, Phase 2, St. Charles County, 213 MO Missouri $20,000,000 U_S. 67 Corridor from Butler to St. Francois County, 214 MO Missouri line $ 15.000,000 Lewis & Clark Expressway, 39th Street to Hwy 24, 215 MO Jackson county, Missouri $30,000,000 Hwy 54 Lake Ozark Bpass, Miller and Camden 216 MO Counties, Missouri $3,000,000

217 MO Hwy 13 Warrensburg Bypass, Johnson County, Missouri $10,000,000 -55 Interchange at Main Street, Cape Girardeau, 218 MO Missouri $5,000,000 00. 13 in Polk County, Missouri CR490 to Pinewood 219 MO Drive $20,000,000 Widen RI. 66 Duquesne Rd. to Pt. 249, Jasper County, 2211 MO Missouri $10,000,000

221 MO Grand Ave. Bridge Replacement, St. Louis C4y, Missouri $15,000,000 Hwy 36 Macon to RI. 24. Marion, Rails, Monroe. Shelby 222 MO and Macon Counties $7,000,000 223 MO Ramsey Creek Bridge. Scott County Missouri $5,000,000 Upgrades to MO Route 14 between U.S. 160 and U.S. 224 MO 65 in Christian County $6,000,000 Upgrades to Scott Road (MO Route iT) between Rollins 225 MO Road and Brookview Terrace in Boone County $3,500,000 226 MO Construction of riverfront trails in the City of Warsaw $500,000 227 MS Widen State Highway 57 from 1-10 through \fancleave $32,000,000 Widening of 1-55 from Highway 304 in DeSoto County to 228 MS TN state line $8,000,000

Byram-Clinton/Norrell Corridor - Connects the Norrell Road Interchange on 1-20 to the Byram-Clinton 229 MS Multimodal Corridor on 1-55 $5,000,000

230 MS South Entrance Loop - Mississippi State University $5,000,000 Highway 44 Extension/Pearl River Bridge Project, 231 MS Lawrence and Marion Counties $5,000,000 232 MS US Highway 78, New Albany Interchange $5,000,000 233 MS Interstate 69, Unfinished Sections, Mississippi $35,000,000 234 MT Zimmerman Trail Project, Billings, Montana $7,000,000 Taylor Hill Road reconstruction, Secondary 234, 235 MT Montana $3,000,000 Develop and construct Shiloh Road reconstruction 236 MT rroiec.Billings $10,000,000

237 MT Develop and construct US 93 Kalispell Bypass project $30,000,000 Develop and construct St. Mary water project road and bridge infrastructure including: new bridge and approaches across St. Mary River, stabilization and improvements to US 89. and road/canal from Siphon 238 MT Bridge to Spider Lake $8,000,000 363

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2, corridor feasibility study, environmental review and construction, which may include construction of a four- lane highway, for roadway sections from Glasgow east to the North Dakota State line, provided that all currently programmed highway improvement projects move 239 MT forward $10,000,000 Develop East Belgrade Interchange and connecting 240 MT roadways to include environmental review $8,000,000 Reconstruct Marysville Road consistent with final 241 MT environmental document, Lewis and Clark County $5,000,000 Develop and construct transportatIon enhancements including bicycle/pedestrian traits, landscaping, footbridges, parks, and river access on and in the vicinity of the Mitltown Dam Site, Missoula County and Deer 242 MT Lodge County $5,000,000 243 MT Develop Billings bypass. Yellowstone County $7,000,000 Develop Great Falls South Arterial, including 244 MT environmental review $4,500,000 Develop and construct Helena 1-15 corridor consistent with final environmental document and record of 245 MT decision $10,000,000 246 MT Develop and construcl US 212 Red Lodge North $22,000,000 Develop and construct Whitefish pedestrian and bicycle 247 MT traits $3,000,000

Develop and construct parking lot and transportation enhancements including bicycle/pedestrian trails and 248 MT urban plaza, serving the City of Bozeman Public Library $1,125,000 US 2, Swamp Creek East roadway and bridge 249 MT reconstruction, Lincoln County $6,000,000 Russell Street reconstruction and bridge expansion over 250 MT the Clark Fork River, Missouta $6,000,000

Conrad 1-15 North Interchange modifications to provide 251 MT access east of the current interchange, Pondera County $4,000,000 Develop and improve access road and structure serving the Port of Montana and Silicon Mountain Technology 252 MT Park $4,000,000 Construction and expansion of Little Sugar Creek 253 NC Greenway Charlotte $2,000,000 Falls of Neuse Road Widening and Improvement, 254 NC Raleigh $1,000,000 Transportation Improvements at Piedmont Triad 255 NC Research Park, Winston Salem $1,000,000 Plan, design, and construct the 10th street Connector 256 NC Project in Greenville $1,000,000 Randall Parkway Widening and Improvement, 257 NC Wilmington $1,000,000 Construction and improvement of 1-73, 1-74, US 220, in 258 NC Montgomery and Randolph Counties $1,000,000

259 NC US 1 Bypass and improvements around Rockingham $1,000,000 364

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Design, engineering and construction of 1-771 Catawba 260 NC Avenue Interchange Cornelius $1,000,000

261 NC Eliminate highway-railway crossings in city of Fayetteville $1000000 Right-of-way acquisition and construction of US 74 262 NC bypss,Monroe $3000000 Transportation improvements for the Piedmont Triad 263 NC Research ParkWinston-Salem $2,000,000

Acquire right-of-way and construct a new highway that 264 NC will begin at NC 58 and follow east to US 301 Wilson $2,000,000 Transfer the of the Williams Street railroad switching operation to the Milan Yard switching operation 265 NC site,Fayetteville $3,000,000 Reconstruction of the Bisrnarck-Mandan Liberty 266 ND Memorial Bridge over Missouri River $16,000,000 Develop and construct freight intermodal project in North 267 ND Dakota, including access road construction $2,000,000 Rural transportation safety and security research at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North 268 ND Dakota State University $2,000,000 269 ND US 12 Improvements between Bowman and Hetlinger $3,000,000 270 ND Replace Red River Valley Bridge at Drayton, ND $3,000,000

271 ND US-83 Reconstruction from Max to ND 23 Southbound $500,000 272. ND US-83 Rehabilitation from Linton to Hazelton $4,500,000 -29 Vertical Clearance Improvements from Bowesmont 273 ND to the Canadian Border $2,000,000 US 281 Reconstruction from Edgely to the junction of 274 ND ND 46 $7,000,000 Construction of the Antelope Valley Transportation 275 NE Improvement Project in Lincoln $3,800,000 Design and construction of the Cuming Street 276 NE Transportation Improvement Project in Omaha $5,700,000 Design and construction of the 1-80-Cherry Avenue 277 NE Interchange and East Bypass in learney $2,000,000 Construction of the Heartland Expressway between 278 NE Ailiance and Minatare $2,500,000 Design, right-of-way and construclion of the North 279 NE Arterial Road in Columbus $2,500,000 Research at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the 280 NE University of Netiraka, Lincoln, Nebraska $3,500,000 PATCO Rolling Stock acquisition and/or renovation for use on line between Lindenwold and Locust Street in 281 NJ Philadelphia $10,000,000 282 NJ Construct new ramps between 1-295 and Route 42 $10,000,000 283 NJ Route 46 Corridor upgrades $500,000

284 NJ Route 18 Reconstruction in downtown New Brunswick $2,500,000 265 NJ Interstate 280 Interchange tmprovements, Harrison $3,000,000 Widening of RT 1 and intersection improvements in 286 NJ South Brunswick $2,500,000 365

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287 NJ Route 29 conversion project to a full access freeway $2500000 288 NJ Improvements to River Road in Camden $1000000 Design and construct Newark Waterfront Pedestrian and 289 NJ Bicycle Access project $1,500,000 Route 9W operational and safety improvements, 290 NJ including 1-95 Southbound entrance alterations $1,000,000 Expand TRANSCOM Regional ITS System in NJ, NY, 291 NJ and CT $500,000 292 NM 125/US64 Interchange rehabilitation in Ralon $2,000,000 293 NM Reconstruction of NM18 in Lea County $3,000,000 294 NM Reconstruction of US18O in Grant County $3,000,000 295 NM Reconstruction of US491 from Tohatchi to Shiprock $2,000,000

296 NV Hoover Dam Bypass - Boulder City Extension $26,500,000 California Trait Interpretive Center roadside 297 NV improvements and access infrastructure $2,000,000 1-15 Widening north from U.S. 95 to Apex Road in Clark 298 NV County $26,500,000 299 NV V & I Railroad Reconstruction Project in Carson City $10,000,000 Carson City Bypass Enhancement Project (Phase II), 300 NV Carson City (GROW & NDOT) $2,000,000 301 NV Laughlin-Bullhead City Colorado River Bridge $1 8,000,000 302 NV Rail Access Corridor Enhancement in Reno $15,000,000 Peace Bridge Redevelopment Project, Road 303 NY Improvements, and Construction Buffalo $17,000,000 304 NY Improvements to Moynihan Station $10,000,000 Design and Construction of Renaissance Square 305 NY Intermodal Facility in Rochester $4,000,000 Repair and Restoration of the Outdoor Area on 82nd 306 NY Street and 5th Avenue $3,000,000 301 NY Improvements to the New York Public Library vicinity $3,000,000

308 NY Construction and Improvements to York Street in Auburn $2,000,000 Slreetscape, Roadway, and Improvements for the 309 NY Cotlege of New Rochelle $1000000 South Lexington and Post Road Streetscape Expansion 310 NY in White Plains $1,000,000

Planning and Interim Improvements for the Manhattan, 311 NY ttronx,Yonkers Hudson River Greenwaytink $1,000,000 DestiNY USA Design, Research, Construction and 312 NY Improvements $5,000,000 Restoration of Vehicle Traffic to Main Street in 313 NY Downtown Buffalo $2,000,000 Roadway, Streetscape, Pedestrian, and Parking Improvements to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in 314 NY Buffalo $6,000,000

Reconstruction of Cleveland Inner Belt and replacement 315 OH of the Central Viaduct Bridge. Cleveland, OH $85,000,000 SR-3 intersection/interchange improvements and 316 OH s!iation, Franklin County OH (PID 76279) $2,500,000 366

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SR-81 widening, turn lane addition, and safety 317 OH improvements, Allen County OH (P30 75928) $1,100,000

US-422 turn lane addition and traffic flow improvements 318 OH at SR-88!SR-528, Geauga County OH (PID 78343) $600,000 SR-39 add two-way left turn lane, signalization, and safety improvements. Tuscarawas County OH (PlO 319 OH 19598) $1,600,000 US-36 signal relocation and related safety 320 OH improvements, Delaware County OH (PlO 76276) $2,000,000

SR-39 two-way turn lane addition, signalization, and 321 OH safety improvements, Holmes County OH (PlO 23913) $600,000 Evans Avenue! CSX RR Grade Separation 322 OH Improvements, Akron OH $1,600,000 State of Oklahoma -40 Crosstown Realignment in 323 OK Oklahoma City 5110.000.000 The University of Oklahoma to conduct research in global tracking methods for intermodal containerized 324 OK freight $7,000,000 325 OK State of Oklahoma for control of outdoor advertizing $1,000,000 326 OK Reconstruction of SH-20 in Owasso, Oklahoma $2,000,000 327 OK Widen Hwy 60 between Ponca City and Bartletsville $10,800,000 Trails in Tulsa, Mingo Creek, NCOG—Complete and extend Mingo trail from 41st. to 81 t St.,froml 1 lh St. to 328. OK Mohawk park V,ooo,ooo Signalization, Complete update of traffic signals with 329 OK LEO illumination technology $2,200,000 To add a southbound land to a section of 1-5 through Portaind, OR between Delta Park and Lombard, 330 OR Portland, Oregon 2,000,000 331 OR Sunrise Corridor, Clackamas County, Oregon 1,000,000

Reroute U_S. 97 at Redmond, Oregon and 332 OR improvements to intersection of U.S. 97 and Oregon 126 1,400,000

333 OR Constuct Barber Street extension, Wilsonvilte, Oregon 600,000 Construct highway and pedestrian access to Macadam Ave and street improvements as part of South waterfront 334 OR development. Portland, Oregon 1.800,000 335 OR Sellwood Bridge, Multnomah County, Oregon 2,000,000 Highway 22-Cascade Highway interchange 336 OR improvements, Marion County, Oregon 1.600,000 1-5 Trade Corridor, Potlarid, Oregon to Vancouver, 337 OR Washington Segment 2,000,000 338 OR Hhway 101 Improvements, Oregon 500,000 339 OR 1-205 Widening, Clackamas County, Oregon 1,400,000 Phase I 1-205/Highway 213 Interchange Improvements, 340 OR Oregon 1,500,000 341 OR Kuebler Boulevard lmprovments, Salem, Oregon 500,000 367

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To construct sidewalks and improve storm drainage and 342 OR gutters for the Citys Safe Walk Plan, Medford, Oregon 2000000 Highway 140 Transportation Improvements, Lake 343 OR County, Oregon 1700,000 Warrendale-Bayne Road improvements from t-79 to SR 344 PA 19, in tJIegheny County $2,800,000

For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and construction of the third phase of the Marshalls Creek 345 PA Bypass Project in Monroe County, Penns)itvania $1,000,001 346 PA Construction of Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway $600,000 Improvements to SR 130 and the College Avenue 347 PA Underpass, Greensburg, PA $500,000 348 PA Mifflin County tndus trial Park Access Road $500,000 Improvements to Section 114 of State Route 150, Centre 349 PA County, PA $2,500,000 350 PA Upgrade to SR 228, Cranberry Township, PA $1,500,000 Purchase of right-of-way, utilities and construction for Northern Access to Altoona from Interstate 99, Blair 351 PA County, Pa $600,000 352 PA Reconfiguration of the Rochester Riverfront ramp $500,000 353 PA Construct the Alle-Kiski Bridge and Connector $1,500,000

354 PA Construct an intermodal center at the Philadelphia Zoo $1 .000,000 For interpretive signage and trails in Pittsburgh urban 355 PA park land $2,000,000 356 PA Construct an intermodal facility in Deny Township $1,000,000 357 PA Construction of the Schuylkill Gateway Project $700,000 358 PA Da Vinci Center hydrogen fuel-celled transit vehicles $200,000 Construct a road along the North Delaware Riverfront 359 PA Corridor from Buckius Street to Poquessirig Creek $1,000,000 Widen 1-81 from four to six lanes in the Wilkes- 360 PA Barre/Scranton corridor $1,000,000 Improvements to the Pleasant Valley and Sandy Hill 361 PA Roads intersection with SR 130 in Penn Township $300,000 Improvements to access roads at the Please Touch 362 PA Museum $300,000 Construct the North Delaware River East Coast 363 PA Greenway Trail $500,000 To enhance the infrastructure surrounding and for transportation improvements relative to the intermodal 364 RI station at Warwick $20,000,000 365 RI Improvements to Warren Bridge (Warren) $11,000,000 Open space acquisition to mitigate growth associated with SR-4 and Interstate 95, by non-profit land conservation agencies through acquisition of fee or easement, with a match requirement of 50% of the total 366 RI purchase price. $2,000,000 367 RI Ten Mile River Greenway (Pawtucket, E. Providence) $3,000,000 Washington Secondary Bicycle Facility! Coventry 368 RI Greenway? Trestle Trait (Coventry) $4,000,000 368

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South County Bike Path (South Kingstown. 369 RI Narragansett) $2000000 New Interchange constructed from -195 to Tauriton and 370 RI Warren Avenue in East Providence $1500000

Jamestown Bridge Demolition - Bicycle Access/Trestle 371 RI Span DemolitionlFishing Pier (N. Kingstown) $11,500,000 372 RI Sakonnel River Bridge Replacement $15,000,000 373 RI RT 146 Safety Improvements in North Smithfield $5,000,000 Construction of four-lane highway on US 79 between 374 SD Maverick Junction, and the Nebraska border $19,000,000

375 SD Rosebud community streets reconstruction and paving $6,000,000 376 SD Aberdeen bike trail extension $1,000,000 Whether or not otherwise eligible in Title 23, construct Phase II and III of Phillips to the Falls Project. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to costs for Phase II & Ill of this project paid for from this $40 million, the Federal share of project costs shall be 377 SD 100 percent. $40,000,000 Rapid City Greenway Pedestrian and bike path 378 SD expansion $2,000,000 379 SD Brookings bike path $100,000 Sioux Falls Bike Path--Dunham Park. Skunk Creek, 12th 380 SD St., and 1-29 to Sertoma Park $1,170,000

. For bike paths and pedestrian walkways within Yankton, Pierre, Huron, Watertown, and Madison. Atlocation for 381 SD such paths wItI be determined by state. $2,500,000 Directed to SD DOT for projects it determines to be of 382 SD high prionty. $3,230,000 383 TN North Second Street Corridor Upgrade, Memphis $2,000,000 Upgrade roads for Slack Waler Port facility and industrial 364 TN park, Lake County, TN $2,000,000 Plan and construct Rutherford County visitor’s center/transportation intormation hub, Rulherford 385 TN County, Tennessee $1,000,000 Warren County Mountain View Industrial Park access 386 TN road, Warren County, TN $1,000,000 Construction of an Interchange on Highway 64 (APD 40) adjacent to -75 E.xlt 20 in the City of Cleveland, TN for 387 TN increased safety $2,000,000 Sullivan, Washington Counties, Tennessee SR-75 3138 TN widening 000,000 389 TN Sevier County. TN SR-66 widening $500,000 390 TN reconstruct US 79 between Milan and McKenzie $5,000,000 Construct Transportation and Heritage museum, 391 TN Townsend $500,000 392 UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Highland $3,000,000

Widen Redwood Road from Bangerter Highway in Salt 393 UT Lake County through Saratoga Springs in Utah County $2,000,000 369

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Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail graded 394 UT crossing separation, Kaysville, Utah $2000000 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road 395 UT Improvements. Box Elder County. Utah $500,000

State Street Reconstruction Project - 10600 South to 396 UT 9400 South, Sandy. Utah $2,500,000 Geneva Rd-Provo Center Street, Orem 1600 North to I- 397 UT 15 FWY. Provo-widen from 2 to 4 lanes, Provo $6,000,000 Provo, Utah Westside Connector from 1-15 to Provo 398 UT Municipal Airport, Provo $4,000,000 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road 399 UT Improvements, Box Elder County $3,000,000 400 UT Widen Highway 92 from LeN to Alpine/Highland $5,000,000 Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail graded 401 UT crossing separation, Kaysville $7,000,000 Expand Redhills Parkway from 2 to 5 lanes and improve 402 UT alignment within rights-of-way in St. George $8,000,000 Construction and Rehabilitation of 13th East in Sandy 403 UT City $7,000,000 404 VA Hampton Roads Third Crossing-Segment 1 $37,000,000 Manage Freight movement and safety improvements to I 405 VA 81 $38,000,000 406 VA Construct Old Mill Road extension $3,000,000 407 VA Widen Route 262 in Augusta County $3,000,000 Construct Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange. 408 VA Charlottesville $2,000,000 Widening 1-95 between RIe 123 and Fairfax County 409 VA Parkway $2,000,000 410 VT Improvements to Vermont Small Bridges $30,000,000 411 VT Improvements to Vermont interstates $10,000,000 Vermont Institute of Natural Science turning lane on US 412 VT RT 4 in Woodstock $300,000 Western Corridor Rail Improvements, ABRB&E, 413 VT Vermont $30,000,000 Design and Construction of the Bennington Welcome 414 VT Center $6,500,000 Improvements to the E. Alburg Railroad Trestle Swing 415 VT Span $5,000,000 Rehabilitation of Hartford Northbound and Southbound 416 VT rest areas $6,500,000 Improvements to the Island Line at South Street in South 417 VT Hero $2,000,000 Property acquistion and improvements for pubte access and viewshed protection for the Cedar Creek Vermont monument at the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove Nalionat 418 VT Historical Park in Virginia $2,000,000 Design and construction of the South Burlington City 419 VT Center project $5,000,000 420 VT Rehabililalion of statewide covered bridges $6,200,000 Improvements to the Green Mountain Rail Line between 421 VT Rutland and Bellows Falls $2,500,000 111276 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE March 10, 2005 Furthermore, as my colleague, the the Federal Government has on the consideration of this amendment is crucial to gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. books, how are we going to justify restoring the integrity of New Jersey’s govern MENENDEZ), has pointed out, this would that? ment and to protecting federal funds allocated probably save money. There is too This is a win-win situation. Neither to the State. much money allocated in contracts for party is the source of corruption and New Jersey government and politics are reasons that are not based entirely on neither party is privy to virtue; let us long overdue for a cleansing. For too long, cost and efficiency. accept that. Let us also accept that New Jersey taxpayers have paid a corruption So I strongly urge the support of the this is a bipartisan amendment, intro tax—the cost of decisions made to benefit Pascrell-Menendez-LoBionclo amend duced in good faith, so that each of the campaign donors rather than taxpayers. At the m ent. parties, if you will, look good. Not only present time, the New Jersey legislature is at Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I con talk the talk but take that extra step tempting to restore its integrity by barring com tinue to reserve the balance of my to clean up their own acts. How can we panies, who have made political contributions time. in this House not permit or allow each to a state government or political party official, Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield of the States to provide for cleaner trom receiving state contracts worth more than 5 minutes to the gentleman from New governments? $17,500. This is a critical component of the Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL). This is reality. The Federal law, the State’s reform package and must be enacted Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, in a court cases have backed up this effort. and maintained for genuine change to occur in letter that went from Suzanne Novak There is no reason under the sun. This New Jersey. on behalf of the Brennan Center for is bipartisan. It will help both parties Standing in the way of New Jersey’s cleans Justice at NYU to the gentleman from and it will reduce the cynicism that ex ing is the US Department of Transportation, Alaska (Mr. YOUNG), the honorary ists in many, many areas of the public. USD01, who has cited concerns that our chairman of the Committee on Trans So, Mr. Speaker, this great H.R. 3, State’s pay-to-play reform would illegally stifle portation and Infrastructure, and the the Transportation Equity Act, we competition for government contracts. New gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBER have worked on it a long time. I have Jersey has challenged the USDOT’s decision STAR), ranking member, she wrote in saluted both the Chair, as well as the in the court. Currently, the case is pending. that letter in support of the Federal ranking member. I have not heard one To weed out the corruption that has plagued Government supporting States and cogent argument as to why we should our State and resulted in our citizens mistrust being very specific about the bidding not pass and allow States to reform of their government, the Pascrell/Menendezl laws in contracting to respond to the their own act and clean up their own LoBiondo amendment is essential. Consider collusion or the possibilities of collu acts. ation and subsequently the passage of this sion that have existed, I can assure my One criticism I heard is that this is amendment are imperative for New Jersey to colleagues, not only in the State of going to open up a Pandora’s box. The attain real ethical reform. New Jersey. Federal Government has rules on the Again, I commend the Rules Committee for She wrote this: “Several recent scan books already. Are we going to tell the declaring the Pascrell/MenendezlLoBiondo dals regarding government contracting Federal Government, you have opened Pay-to-Play amendment in order today and in New Jersey prompted New Jersey to up a Pandora’s box because you are urge its adoption. establish a criterion of responsibility trying to implement clean-government Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield for government contracting which pro rules? That is absurd. Give me one back the balance of my time, and I hibited the State from contracting legal reason why this amendment move the previous question on the res with an entity that has contributed to should not only be in order, which it is, olution. a candidate for or holder of the office but it should not be both sides of the The previous question was ordered. of Governor, or to any State or county aisle supportive. Give me one good The resolution was agreed to. political party committee, within cer legal reason. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. tain time frames. The executive “order Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield CAFITO). Pursuant to House Resolution of the Governor” “explicitly stated myself such time as I may consume, 144 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares that ‘the growing infusion of funds do and we have no further requests for the House in the Committee of the nated by business entities into the po time. Whole House on the State of the Union litical process at all level of govern So let me just again say that while I for the further consideration of the ment has generated widespread cyni wish the funding level of this bill were bill, HR. 3. among the public that special in higher, TEA—LU is a good bill. It is a cism 0 1140 terest groups are “buying” favors from tribute to the gentleman from Alaska elected officeholders.’ (Chairman YOUNG) and the gentleman IN THE COMMI’rPEE OF THE WHOLE Mr. Speaker, the courts have recog from Minnesota (Ranking Member Accordingly, the House resolved nized that contributions from govern OBERSTAR). I urge my colleagues to itself into the Committee of the Whole ment contractors present a severe risk support it. We also will support the House on the State of the Union for the of engendering corruption, the appear rule. further consideration of the bill (HR. ance of corruption and, thus, have gen Mr. Speaker, I yield back my time. 3) to authorize funds for Federal-aid erally upheld pay-to-play contribution Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield highways, highway safety programs, bans, and this is what this amendment myself such time as I may consume. and transit programs, and for other is all about. It is a bipartisan amend I would like to thank my colleague, purposes, with Mr. BASS (Acting Chair ment to reform government, to help the gentleman from Massachusetts, man) in the chair. government clean up its act. We have and I would like to reiterate as well The Clerk read the title of the bill. similar laws on the Federal books that this legislation is crucial to the The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the about contracting and bidding. We continued growth of our economy. We Committee of the Whole rose on want to remove cynicism from the pub are creating jobs and improving the Wednesday, March 9, 2005, all amend lic about when the government does ability of current workers to commute ments pursuant to House Resolution business that there is proper conditions to their places of employment, among 140 had been disposed of. that will be implemented to make sure a myriad of other transportation Pursuant to House Resolution 144, no that it is done according to the law. issues. further general debate, except for the Blount v. the SEC was a perfect ex I look forward to the strong bipar final period contemplated in House ample. The Securities and Exchange tisan support of this legislation. I urge Resolution 140, is in order. Commission made it very clear that if a “yes” vote on the rule and the under Pursuant to House Resolution 144, no you were going to do some bonding lying legislation. further amendment to the bill, as work, that if you give a political con Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, would like to amended, shall be in order except those tribution to the entity beforehand. take this opportunity to express my support for printed in House Report 109—15. Each that is rather suspect. So let us remove the rule, H. Res. 144, to the TEA—LU, H.R. 3, amendment may be offered only in the that possibility. There is no doubt, if bill, which makes in order the Pascrell/Menen order printed in the report, may be of we do not allow the States to do what dezlLoBiondo Pay-to-Play amendment. The fered only by a Member designated in March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE 111277 the report, shall be considered as read, In item number 1258 of such table, strike In item number 329 of such table, strike debatable for the time specified in the “$2,500,000’’ insert “$3,450,000”. “$4,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000”. In number of such strike In item number 3003 of table, report, equally divided and controlled item 1926 table, such strike “$12,500,000” insert ‘‘$15,000,000’’. ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert “$9,000,000”. by the proponent and an opponent, In item number 2016 of such table, strike In item number 2108 of such table, strike shall not be subject to amendment, and “$3,000,000’’ insert “$4,500,000”. “$4,000,000” and insert “$9,000,000’’. shall not be subject to a demand for di In item number 3107 of such table, strike In item number 835 of such table, strike vision of the question. ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000”. “$5,000,000’’ and insert “$5,700,000’’. It is now in order to consider amend In item number 1331 of such table, strike In item number 3114 of such table, strike ment No. 1 printed in part B of House ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000’’. “$5,450,000” and insert “$6,150,000”. strike In item number 2668 of such table, strike Report 109—15. In item number 665 of such table, ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert “$1,500,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and insert “$2,600,000”. AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. YOUNG OF In item number 1121 of such table, strike In item number 3206 of such table, strike ALASKA ‘‘$5,000,000” insert “$6,000,000”. “$4,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair In item number 3303 of such table, strike In item number 2233 of such table, strike man, I offer an amendment. ‘‘$5,000,000’, insert ‘‘$6,000,000”. ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000”. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk In item number 347 uf such table, strike In item number 177 of such table, strike “Construction of Valleydale Road Flyover, will designate the amendment. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. Widening and Improvements” and insert The text of the amendment is as fol In item number 1123 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. “Construction of Valeydale Road Flyover lows: In item number 256 of such table, strike and widening and improvements from US 31 YOUNG of Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. ‘‘12,500.000’’ and insert ‘‘$27,000,000’’. to 1-65 (Shelby County Rd 17 “ and strike Alaska: In item number 1935 of such table, strike “$5,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000’’. In item number 1176 of such table con “$500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. In item number 940 of such table, strike tained in section 1702. strike $10,000,000” In item number 2190 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. and insert ‘$4000000’’. “$500,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000”. In item number 2887 of such table, strike In item number 2455 of such table, strike In item nomber 1013 of such table, strike “$200,000” and insert ‘‘$250,000”. “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000”. “$7,000,000” and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. In item number 2323 of such table, strike In item number 852 of such table, strike In item number 1471 of such table, strike ‘‘$100,000’’ and insert ‘‘$150,000’’. “$750,000’’ and insert “$500,000”. ‘‘$3,000,000” and Insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. In item number 827 of such table, strike In item number 865 of such table, strike In item number 619 of such table, strike ‘‘$100,000’, and insert ‘‘$300,000”. “$9,750,000” and insert “$7,500,000’’. ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert “$1,125,000”. In item number 2593 of such table, strike In item number 1222 of such table, strike In item number 2416 of such table, strike “$100,000’’ and insert ‘‘$200,000”. “$2,000,000” and insert “$1,000,000”. ‘‘$750,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. In item number 2395 of such table, strike In item number 497 of such table, strike In item number 2936 of such table, strike “$100,000” and insert ‘‘$500,000”. table, strike “$2,000,000” and insert “$1,000,000”. ‘‘$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000”. In item number 2541 of such In item number 2083 of such table, strike In item number 353 of such table, strike ‘‘$100,000’’ and insert ‘‘$500,000.,. In item number 1572 of such table, strike “$6,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000.” “$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. In item number 1041 of such table, strike In item number 661 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$700,000’’. In item number 2608 of such table, strike “$2,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000”. ‘‘$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. the project and insert ‘‘CR 52 In item number 1048 of such table, strike In item number 581 of such table, strike description from US 31 and continuation of CR ‘‘$3,900,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. “$7,000,000’’ and insert “$7,200,000’’. (Pelham) as In item number 2737 of such table, strike In item number 2714 of such table, strike 52 in Jefferson County. known Morgan Highway ‘‘$400,000’’ and insert “$100,000”. “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. Road, to 1—459, including proposed strike Helena” and In item number 3236 of such table, In item number 1225 of such table, strike 261 bypass around old town “$400,000” and insert “$100,000”. “Croos Creek Boulevard Widening” and in strike “$15,000,000’’ and insert “$10,000,000’’. 2250 of such table, strike In item number 1787 of such table, strike In item number sert “Cross Creek Boulevard Widening” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. “LA” and insert “AL”, strike the project de “$5,000,000’’ and strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,800,000’’. number 2336 of such table, strike scription and insert “Birmingham Northern In item In item number 2558 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$20,000,000’’. Beltline’’, and strike “$800,000” and insert ‘‘$21,350,000’’ ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. number 419 of such table, strike ‘‘$10,000,000’’. In item In item number 2423 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$18,400,000’. In item number 2943 of such table, strike ‘‘$21,400,000’’ ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000”. item number 2938 of such table, strike “$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. In In item number 538 of such table, strike “$610,000” and insert “$360,000”. In item number 2623 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,509,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. In item number 749 of such table, strike ‘‘$5,000,000” and insert “$5,500,000’’. In item number 724 of such table, strike “$500,000’’ and insert “$540,000’’. In item number 1621 of such table, strike “$1,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item number 1211 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and insert “$3,400,000’’. In item number 3031 of such table, strike ‘‘$700,000” and insert “$1,100,000,,. In item number 1098 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. In item number 2463 of such table, strike “$900,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. In item number 1002 of such table, strike “$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,010,000”. In item number 3272 of such table, strike and insert “$4,500,000’’. In item number 2930 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000’’ ‘‘14,000,000’’ and insert “20,000,000”. In item number 2428 of such table, strike ‘‘$300,000” and insert ‘‘$350,000’’. In item number 1174 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item number 2954 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000”. In item number 3261 of such table, strike “$8,000,000” and insert “$9,000,000”. In item number 2534 of such table. strike and insert In item number 1196 of such table, strike “$1,250,000” “$1,750,000’’. ‘‘$6,000,000” and insert ‘‘$5,000,000”. number 1537 of such table, strike “lands” and insert “lane” and strike In item In item number 2128 of such table. strike description and insert “Construct ‘‘5.000,000’’ and insert ‘‘14,000,000’’. the project “$14,000,000” and insert “$16,000,000’’. connection between Rt. 13 and Rt. In item number 3012 of such table, strike a four lane In item number 3051 of such table, strike upgrades to Netty Green Road in Sa “$2,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. 45 and ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert “$4,500,000’’. strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and In item number 1175 of such table, strike line Co Illinois’’ and In item number 567 of such table, strike “$6,000,000” and insert “$6,500,000”. insert “$2,000,000’’. “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000”. strike In item number 3259 of such table, strike In item number 1779 of such table, In item number 3017 of such table, strike “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. the project description and insert “Construc ‘‘$1,100,000” and insert ‘‘$2,100,000”. In item number 1530 of such table, strike tion of part of a 230 mile corridor US 67 near In item number 2735 of such table, strike “$2,000,000” and insert “$2,500,000’’. Jerseyville and Carrolton, Illinois”, ‘‘$6,000,000” and insert ‘‘$7,500,000’’. In item number 1948 of such table, strike In item number 1066 of such table, strike In item number 572 of such table, strike “$555,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,055,000’’. ‘$2,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. “$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000’’. In item number 2809 of such table, strike In item number 767 of such table, strike In item number 663 of such table, strike “$500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,500,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$6,000,000”. In item number 3065 of such table, strike In item number 1725 of such table, strike In item number 2942 of such table, strike ‘‘$555,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,055,000”. “$750,000” and insert “$2,500,000”. “$1,000,000” and insert “$1,500,000”. In item number 3276 of such table, strike In item number 1427 of such table, strike In item number 132 of such table, strike “$10,000,000,, and insert ‘‘$11,000,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,200,000” and insert “$3,200,000’’. In item number 1010 of such table, strike In item number 1380 of such table, strike In item number 3055 of such table, strilte ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. In item number 549 of such table, strike In item number 1062 of such table, strike In item number 1607 of such table, strike “$1,000,000,, and insert ‘‘$1,010,000”. ‘‘$2,600,000” and insert “$3,600,000’’. “$1,000,000” insert “$1,200,000”. In item number 1552 of such table, strike In item number 3195 of such table, strike In item number 874 of such table, strike “$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,500,000’’. ‘‘$11,000,000” and insert ‘‘$12,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,400,000’’ insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 111278 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 In item number 986 of such table, strike In item number 2140 of such table, strike McCainlFairfax; Salem Road; J.P. Wright “$250,000” insert ‘$300,000’’. “$6,000,000’’ and insert “$10,000,000”. Loop; South Loop; Geyer Springs Rd)”. In item number 1739 of such table, strike In item number 1106 of such table, strike In item number 596 of such table, strike ‘$3,600,000’’ insert “$3,900,000’’. “$8,000,000” and insert “$10,000,000,,. “Allegheny City Urban Runoff Mitigation- In item number 3234 of such table, strike In item number 652 of such table, strike eliminate urban highway runoff and the dis “$3,600,000” insert “$4,200,000”. “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. charge of culverted streams into municipal In item number 540 of such table, strike In item number 814 of such table, strike combined sewers” and insert “Allegheny “$150,000” insert ‘‘$275,000’’. “2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. County Urban Runoff Mitigation-eliminate In item number 3132 of such table, strike In item number 2944 of such table, strike urban highway runoff and the discharge of “$6,200,000’’ and insert ‘‘$8,200,000”. ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000,,. culverted streams into municipal combined In item number 1094 of such table, strike In item number 434 of such table, strike sewers’’. “$4,300,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,100,000”. ‘‘$800,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,800,000’’. In item number 1197 of such table, strike In item number 49 of such table, strike In item number 345 of such table, strike “Construct Shoreline Transportation En ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$4,500,000’’ and insert “$5,500,000’’. hancement Projects, Guilford, Branford, In item number 1506 of such table, strike In item number 1587 of such table, strike East Haven” and insert “Construct Shore “$8,000,000” and insert ‘‘$10,000,000”. “$3,800,000” and insert ‘‘$4,300,000”. line Greenway Trail, Guilford, Branford, In item number 407 of such table, strike In item number 2753 of such table, strike East Haven”. “$12,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$14,000,000’’. “$3,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,500,000’’. In item number 1741 of such table, strike In item number 1899 of such table, strike In item number 330 of such table, strike “Construct 6 mainlines from east of Mercury “$3,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$2,500,000’’. to east of Wallisville” and insert “US 90— In item number 1166 of such table, strike In item number 1255 of such table, strike Construct 6 mainlines from east of Mercury “$4,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000”. “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000’’. to east of Wallisville”. In item number 2022 of such table, strike In item number 1626 of such table, strike In item number 2272 of such table, strike “$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. ‘‘$6,000,000” and insert ‘‘$7,000,00P’. “Build additional staircases, landscape, and In item number 1061 of such table, strike In item number 3218 of such table, strike other improvements to the municipal bridge “$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. “$3,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. at the Holton St. Viaduct in Milwaukee” and In item number 2277 of such table, strike In item number 1031 of such table, strike insert “Build additional staircases, land “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. “$5,000,000” and insert “$7,000,000”. scape, and other improvements to the marsu In item number 171 of such table, strike In item number 1242 of such table, strike pial bridge at the Holton St. Viaduct in Mil “$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’. “$1,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. waukee”. In item number 543 of such table, strike In item number 403 of such table, strike In item number 3037 of such table, strike “$500,000” and insert “$1,000,000”. “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$9,100,000’’. “Belle Chasse Tunnel” and insert “Replace In item number 1944 of such table, strike In item number 903 of such table, strike ment Bridge for Tunnel, Belle Chasse”. “$500,000” and insert “$1,000,000”. “$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$13,500,000”. In item number 2751 of such table, strike In item number 2824 of such table, strike In item number 1617 of such table, strike “Kerner Bridge” and insert “Kerner Ferry ‘$500,000” and insert “$1,000,000,’. “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. Bridge. Jefferson Parish”. In item number 104 of such table, strike In item number 2298 of such table, strike In item number 2405 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’,. “$6,000,000’’ and insert “$7,000,000’’. “Acquire lands adjacent to US 101 as part of In item number 1851 of such table, strike In item number 2072 of such table, strike Southern Santa Clara County Wildlife Cor ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$14,000,000”. ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. ridor Protection and Scenic Enhancement In item number 15 of such table, strike In item number 876 of such table, strike Project” and insert “Acquire lands for miti “$4,644,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’. ‘‘$930,000’’ and insert “$1,045,000”. gation adjacent to US 101 as part of Southern In item number 124 of such table, strike In item number 229 of such table, strike Santa Clara County Wildlife Corridor Pro ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,900,000’’. ‘‘$930,000” and insert “$1,020,000”. tection and Scenic Enhancement Project” In item number 2640 of such table, strike In item number 1584 of such table, strike and strike “$250,000’’ and insert ‘‘$500,000” “$4,856,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’. ‘‘$780,000’’ and insert “$870,000”. In item number 42 of such table, strike In item number 3074 of such table, strike In item number 280 of such table, strike “Access and enhancements to access Lake “$2,000,000” and insert “$2,100,000”. “$680,000” and insert “$770,000’’. Belva Deer, Sigourney” and insert “Access In item numbei’ 1737 of such table, strike In item number 1441 of such table, strike and transportation enhancements to access “$9,000,000’’ and insert “$10,000,000”. ‘‘$2,430,000’’ and insert “$2,695,000”. Lake Belva Deer, Sigourney” and strike In item number 1581 of such table, strike In item number 690 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000’’. “$1,500,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. “$430,000” and insert ‘‘$510,000’’. In item number 1429 of such table, strike In item number 1631 of sech table, strike In item number 2994 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,150,000” and insert “$4,650,000’’. ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. “$620,000” and insert ‘‘$695,000”. In item number 1245 of such table, strike In item number 88 of such table, strike In item number 2836 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,500,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. “$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,195,000’’. In item number 2220 of such table, strike In item number 425 of such table, strike In item number 2575 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. “$3,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. “$1,500,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000”. In item number 116 of such table, strike In item number 1223 of such table, strike In item number 1101 of such table, strike “NV” and insert “WA” and strike “Yonkers, “$800,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,600,000”. “$1,500,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. New York, Trolley Due Acquisition” and in In item number 585 of such table, strike In item number 2845 of such table, strike sert “SR 518 3rd lane construction, King ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and insert “$2,500,000”. County” and strike “$300,000” and insert In item number 1346 of such table, strike In item number 2340 of such table, sti’ike “$2,000,000’’. ‘‘$500,000” and insert “$750,000”. ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. In item number 2042 of such table, strike In item number 1669 of such table, strike In item number 3203 of such table, strike “Construction of vessel impact protection ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. “$3,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. system for TXDOT” and insert “Construct a In item number 2224 of such table, strike In item number 786 of such table, strike bridge impact protection system for “$8,000,000’’ and insert “$11,000,000”. “Eliminate Highway-Railway crossing over TxDOT”. In item number 702 of such table, strike US 14 and realignment of US 14, Des Plaines” In item numbei’ 169 of such table, sti’ike “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$6,000,000”. and insert “Reconstruct Highway-Railway “TX” and insert “AR” and strike “Corpus In item number 636 of such table, strike crossing over US 14 and realignment of US Christi, TX Corpus Regional Transit Author ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. 14, Dee Plaines’’. ity for maintenance facility improvements” In item number 807 of such table, strike In item number 2813 of such table, strike and insert “Conway Western Loop—for engi ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000,’, “$9,000,000” and insert “$15,000,000”. neering, rights-of-way, relocations, and con In item number 1172 of such table, strike In item number 1547 of such table, strike tinued planning and design” and strike “$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. “$30,000,000” and insert ‘‘$50,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert “$500,000”. In item number 2234 of such table, strike In item number 640 of such table, strike In item number 2552 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$500,000’’. “$1,500,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. “$2,000,000” and insert “$3,700,000”. In item number 3164 of such table, strike In item number 1771, of such table, strike In item number 2947 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. “For rail grade separations identified by the “$1,200,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000’’. In item number 3219 of such table, strike MPO for the Little Rock/North Little Rock In item number 261 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. metropolitan area, (which may include: Edi “$800,000” and insert ‘‘$1,600,000”. In item number 2962 of such table, strike son Ave.: Springer Blvd; Hwy 89 Extension: In item number 1569 of such table, strike “Construct” and insert “Design and con McCain/Fairfax; Salem Road” and insert “$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. struction”. “For rail grade separations identified by the In item number 588 of such table, strike In item number 2469 of such table, strike MPG for the Little Rock/North Little Rock “Harlem Hospital Parking Garage” and in “Construction” and insert “Design, right of metropolitan area, (which may include: Edi sert “Traniportation parking facility serv way acquisition, and construction”. son Ave.; Springer Blvd; Hwy 89 Extension; ing the Harlem Hospital Complex”. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1279 In item number 2860 of such table, strike PROVEMENTS AS PART OF HWY 33 REDE In item number 2246 of such table, strike “Add lights to road from Halchita to Mexi VELOPMENT PROJECT IN KEARNEY” and ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$3,500,000’’. can Hat on Navajo Mountain” and insert insei’t “Widening, curb and gutter improve In item number 465 of such table, strike “Add lights to road from Halchita to Mexi ments on Hwy 92 as part of Hwy 33 ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000”. can Hat in the Navajo Nation’. Redevleopment Project in Kearney”. In item number 710 of such table. insert In item number 1674 of such table, strike In item number 491 of such table, strike “right-of-way acquisition and” before “con “Mile 2 W from Mile 12 N to US 83, Hidalgo ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. struction” and strike “$5,000,000” and insert County” and insert “Reconstruct Mile 2 W In item number 1510 of such table, strike ‘‘$6,000,000”. from Mile 12 N to US 83, Hidalgo County”. “$18,000,000” and insert ‘‘$19,000,000’’. In item nomber 2065 of such table, strike In item number 630 of such table, strike In item number 1865 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. “Mile 6 W from US 83 to SE 107, Hidalgo ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$3,250,000’’. In item number 3096 of such table, strike County” and insert “Reconstruct Mile 6 W In item number 851 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,250,000” and insert “$3,250,000”. strike from US 83 to SR 107, Hidalgo County”. ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert “$4,200,000”. In item number 2371 of such table, In item number 257 of such table, strike In item number 1947 of such table, strike “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. table, “Construct transportation enhancements on ‘‘$2,450,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. In item number 1786 of such strike greenway along East River waterfront be In item number 3104 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,930,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. In number 576 of such table, strike tween East River Park (ERP) and Brooklyn “$1,000,000” and insert “$1,200,000”. item and insert Bridge, and reconstruct South entrance to In item number 2833 of such table, strike “$4,000,000’’ “$9,500,000”. In item number 3238 of such table, strike ERP, in Manhattan” and insert “Construct “$600,000’’ and insert “$1,000,000’’. “$3,000,000’’ and insert “$9,000,000’’. greenway along East River waterfront be In item number 2964 of such table, strike In item number 2972 of such table, strike tween East River Park (ERP) and Brooklyn “$250,000’’ and insert ‘‘$450,000’’. ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. reconstruct South entrance to In item number 2894 of such table, strike Bridge, and In item number 2103 of such table, strike Manhattan”. “$1,000,000” and insert “$1,200,000’’. ERP, in “$1,000,000” and insei’t “$2,500,000”. 1862 of such ‘table, strike In item number 1136 of such table, strike In item number In item number 7 of such table, strike and construct bicycle path, esplanades ‘‘$3,200,000’’ and insert “$2,750,000’’. “Plan “$1,400,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. New York Bay in In item number 1188 of such table, strike and ferry landing along In item number 155 of such table, strike and insert “Plan “$5,880,000” and insert “$6,480,000”. Sunset Park, Brooklyn” “$400,000’’ and insert ‘‘$500,000”. espla In item number 1768 of such table, strike and construct greenway, bicycle path, In item number 1397 of such table, strike York Bay “$3,220,000” and insert “$3,350,000’’. nades and ferry landing along New ‘‘$400,000’’ and insert “$500,000”. In item number 3263 of such table, strike in Sunset Park, Brooklyn”. In item number 524 of such table, strike such table, strike ‘‘$1,680,000’’ and insert “$3,420,000’’. In item number 523 of ‘‘$75,000” and insert “$275,000’’. transpor In item number 2807 of such table, strike “To study, design and construct In item number 2256 of such table, strike Bi’ooklyn Wa ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000’’. tation enhancements on the “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,200,000’’. 1176 of such table, strike terfront Greenway in Red Hook, Greenpoint, In item number In item number 2744 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. and the Navy Yard in Brooklyn” and insert “$10,000,000’’ ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. of such table, strike “To study, design and construct the Brook In item number 2916 In item number 472 of such table, strike lyn Waterfront Greenway in Red Hook, ‘‘$1,750,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$8,000,000” and insert “$9,000,000’’ strike Greenpoint, and the Navy Yard in Brooklyn” In item number 912 of such table, In item number 1713 of such table, strike and strike ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. “To plan, design and construct the North 1625 such table, strike “$8,250,000’’. In item number of west Corridor—Western Blvd. Project in In item number 2565 of such table, strike “$600,000’’ and insert ‘‘$800,000’’. Jacksonville, NC” and insert “To plan, de of such table, strike “Study and Implement Enhancement to Ave In item number 2780 sign, and construct the Northwest Corridor— nue U from Mill Avenue to East 38th Street “$600,000’’ and insert “$892,000”. Western Blvd. Project in Jacksonville, NC” number 2457 of such table, strike and Flatbueh Avenue from Avenue T to Aye- In item and strike “$1,000,000’’ and insert and insert ‘‘$108,000’’. flue V” and insert “Study and Implement ‘‘$100,000,’ “$2,000,000’’. 811 of such table, strike Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Enhancements In item number in item number 2789 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$13,000,000’’. to Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn”. “$11,000,000’’ “$6,000,000” and insert “$6,800,000’’. table, strike In item number 2315 of such table, strike In item number 164 of such In item number 2613 of such table, sti’ike insert “$17,000,000’’. “Construction of a bicycle / pedestrian off “$7,000,000’’ and “$3,000,000” and insert “$3,500,000”. table, strike road scenic pathway from the Niagara Falls In item number 598 of such in item number 3181 of such table, strike City Line to the southerly Lewiston Town / “$4,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000’’. “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,700,000’’, table, strike Village Line along the Niagara Gorge, Town In item number 1493 of such In item number 305 of such table, strike of Lewiston, Village of Lewi” and insert “$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. “$10,000,000” and insert ‘‘$14,400,000”. 1496 of such table, strike “Construction of a bicycle I pedestrian off In item number In item number 2343 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000’’. road scenic pathway from the Niagara Falls ‘‘$200,000’’ and insert “$10,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,600,000’’. 3279 of such table, strike City Line to the southerly Lewiston Town I In item number In item number 1950 of such table, strike insert “$11,750,000”. Village Line along the Niagara Gorge, Town “$10,750,000’’ and ‘‘$7,000,000” and insert “$8,000,000’’. number 2796 of such table. strike strike of Lewiston, Village of Lewiston, Niagara In item In item number 2406 of such table, and Construct improvements County” and strike “$1,250,000” and insert “Plan, Design, ‘‘$7,000,000” and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. Blvd in Virginia Beach and strike ‘‘$2,750,000’’. to Virginia Beach In item number 963 of such table, Engineer, In item number 1144 of such table, strike Norfolk” and insert “Preliminary “$1,750,000’’ and insert “$2,125,000”. to Vir strike “implement ITS system and apparatus to en Design, and Construct improvements In item number 1125 of such table, Beach and Nor hance citywide truck route system on LIE ginia Beach Blvd in Virginia “$750,000” and insert “$1,000,000”. such strike - of table, Eastbound Service Road at 74th Street to folk” In item number 2040 such table, strike St and IL RI. 43 Caidwell Ave. Grand Ave from 69th Street to In item number 717 of “US Rt 30 between Williams deceleration lanes at Flushing Aye, and Eliot Ave from 6” and in “$7,000,000” and insert “$1,500,000”. for signals, turn & or 875 of such table, strike Rd LincolnWay HS and Lo sert “Implement ITS system and apparatus In item number 80th Aye, Wolf “$2,000,000’’. “For US RI 30 intersec to enhance citywide truck route system on “$1,000,000’’ and insert cost SI” and insert 2710 of such table, strike & deceleration lanes btwn LIE Eastbound Service Road at 74th Street In item number tion signals, turn insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. Rt 43 md. 80th Aye, Wolf to CaIdwell Ave. Grand Ave from 69th Street “$1,000,000’’ and Williams St & IL 860 of such table, strike & Locust St’ and strike to Flushing Aye, and Eliot Ave from 69th In item number Rd. LincoinWay HE insert “$9,000,000’’. insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. Street to Woodhaven Blvd’. “$7,000,000” and ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and of such table, strike 2397 of such table, strike In item number 2575 of such table, strike In item number 1451 In item number insert “$10,000,000’’. insert ‘‘$4,500,000”. ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert “$2,500,000’’. “$8,000,000’’ and ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and table, strike of such table, strike In item number 2436 of such table, strike In item number 264 of such In item number 723 “For the Nanticoke City Redevelopment Au ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. “$5,500,000’’ and insert “$7,000,000”. table, strike 1024 of such table, strike thority to design, acquire land, and con In item number 294 of such In item number and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. struct a pai’king garage, streetscaping en “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. “$6,000,000” table, strike In item number 1087 of such table, strike hancements, paving, lighting & safety im In item number 1233 of such insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. provements. & roadway redesign in Nanti” “$5,750,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. ‘‘$16,000,000” and table, strike In item number 2612 of such table, strike and insert “For the Nanticoke City Redevel In item number 234 of such “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$16,000,000”. opment Authority to design, acquire land, “$3,000,000’’ and insert “$3,534,680’’. table, strike In item number 2872 of such table, strike and construct a parking garage, In item number 1821 of such “$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. streetseaping enhancements, paving, light- “$2,000,000” and insert “$2,535,000”. of such table, strike In item number 1333 of such table, strike jog and safety improvements, and roadway in item number 3178 “$3,000,000’’. “$3,000,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. redesign in Nanticoke”. ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert such table, strike In item number 3235 of such table, strike In item number 128 of such table, strike In item number 216 of ‘‘$4,000,000” and insert “$10,000,000’,. “WIDENING, CURB AND GUTPER IM “$4,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. H1280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 In item number 71 of such table, strike In item number 2132 of such table, strike In item 1560 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. “$3,300,000” and insert ‘‘$5,800,000’’. “$1,000,000,’ and insert “$2,000,000”. In item number 2392 of such table, strike In item number 3057 of such table, strike In item 259 of such table, strike “Design, ‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000”. “$15,000,000” and insert “$16,000,000”. engineering, ROW acquisition and construc In item number 2979 of such table, strike In item number 1835 of such table, strike tion for the French Rapids Bridge, City of “$1,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. “$3,500,000” and insert “$7,000,000”. Brainerd” and insert “Corridor study, EIS, In item number 2662 of such table, strike In item number 2163 of such table, strike and ROW acquisition for a future highway “$1,000,000,’ and insert “$2,000,000’’. “$1,500,000” and insert “$3,000,000”. and bridge over the Mississippi River, City of table, In item number 500 of such table, strike In item number 1738 of such strike Brainerd” - “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000”. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,500,000”. In item 2348 of such table, strike In item number 2548 of such table, strike In item number 381 of such table, strike ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert “$8,000,000”. “Preconstruction studies for improvement to “$1,500,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item 1458 of such table, strike US 22.” and insert “Preconstruction studies In item number 75 of such table, strike “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. for improvement to US 22 from Irving Street “$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,500,000”. In item 105 of such table, strike ‘‘$5,000,000’’ to Mickley Road.”. In item number 1795 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. In item number 1779 of such table, strike “$1,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. In item 2028 of such table, strike “Construction of part of a 230 mile corridor In item number 2948 of such table, strike “$4,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. extending from 1—280 at Rock Island to 1—270 ‘‘$500,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. In item 1474 of such table, strike such table, strike south of Alton” and insert “Construction of In item number 642 of ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000”. insert “bicycle and pedes part of a 230 mile corridor of US 67 near “Greenway” and In item 2264 of such table, strike Jerseyville and Carroliton, Illinois”. trian path”. ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. In item 1898 of such table, strike ‘‘Improve strike In item number 1893 of such table, strike In item 2917 of such table, ments to SH412P at 1—44 Interchange” and in insert “Construct HSH 151” and insert “Construct “$7,000,000’’ and “$9,000,000’’. sert “Improvements to SH4I2P at 412 inter In item 2189 of such table, strike USH 151”. and In item number 1342 of such table, strike change”. “$10,000,000’’ insert “$22,500,000”. In item 1754 of such table, strike In item 1211 of such table, strike “Construction of freeway between 1—15 and “$4,500,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,500,000” and insert “$9,500,000’’. US 395” and insert “Construction of new In item 1488 of such table, strike In item 721 of such table, strike ‘‘Sl,000,000’’ freeway between 1—15 and US 395, including “$7,500,000’’ and insert “$8,000,000’’ and insert “$1,200,000’’. new interchange at 1—15”. In item 970 of such table, strike “$1,400,000’’ In item 2996 of such table, strike In item 1470 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘$2,000,000”. insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. “$2,000,000’’ and In item 3240 of such table, strike ‘‘Con In item 14 of such table, strike “$2,600,000’’ 1688 of such table, sti’ike In item struct Railroad Underpass on Hwy 35 in and insert “$4,850,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000,,. ‘‘$4,000,000’’ Pierre” and insert “Construct Railroad Un In item 2827 of such table. strike ‘‘$800,000’’ In 1734 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ item dei’pasa on Hwy 34 in Pierre”. and insert ‘‘$1,100,000”. and insert ‘‘$1,000,000”. In item 819 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,400,000” In item 2718 of such table, strike 457 of such table, strike “$450,000’’ In item and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,100,000’’ and insert “$1,300,000’’. and insert ‘‘$250,000”. In item 3026 of such table, strike “Regrade In item 2910 of such table, strike “$400,000” of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ In item 490 and resurface 131A Route #5 south of Dupree and insert ‘‘$600,000’’. and insert “$2,500,000”. on the Cheyenne River Reservation” and in In item 2671 of such table, strike item 2196 of such table, strike “$700,000” In sert “Pave and curb Cheyenne River Tribe “$6,000,000” and insert “$8,250,000’’. and insert ‘‘$900,000”. Route 900, ‘Chinatown’ in Eagle Butte”. In item 586 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000’’ such table, strike “NY” and In item 2664 of In item 2080 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. insert “NJ”. “$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. In item 942 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ such table, strike In item 241.2 of In item 2749 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$1,250,000’’. ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. ‘‘$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. In item 2667 of such table, strike In item 210 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,400,000’’ In item 1081 of such table, strike ‘‘$6,300,000’’ and insert “$7,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$2,400,000”. “$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. In item 250 of such table, strike ‘‘$5,000,000” In item 3233 of such table, strike In item 278 of such table, strike “$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000’’. and insert “$7,000,000”. In item 1115 of such table, strike In item 1552 of such table, strike In item 1085 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,300,000”. “$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$4,000,000’’. In item 63 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,500,000’’ In item 560 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,500,000’’ In item 3013 of such table, strike ‘‘Install and insert “$7,500,000”. and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’ countdown devices on pedestrian crossing In item 2446 of such table, strike In item 825 of such table, strike signals on US Routes 12/20 and 50 in Oak “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$5,500,000”. ‘‘618,496,000” and insert ‘‘$34,984,000”. Lawn” and insert “Improve Streets, In item 447 of such table, strike ‘‘$9,000,000’’ In item 1525 of such table, strike Merrionette Park”. and insert ‘‘$10,250,000’’. ‘‘$12,500,000’’ and insert “$14,500,000”. In item 1128 of such table, strike In item 2671 of such table, strike ‘‘Walton In item 1845 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$10,000,000’’. ‘‘$6,000,000” and insert “$5,750,000’’. County” and insert “Bay County”. In item 1405 of such table, strike In item 3300 of such table, strike In item 3288 of such table, strike “Walton “$15,680,000” and insert “$17,180,000’’. ‘‘$1,250,000” and insert “$1,268,245’’. County” and insert “Bay County”. In item 889 of such table, strike ‘‘$7,500,000’’ In item 744 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,500,000’’ In item 2044 of such table, strike and insert “$15,000,000”. and insert ‘‘$5,350,000’’. ‘‘$1,250,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. In item 450 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,500,000’’ In item 672 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000’’ In item 551 of such table, strike “$1,000,000,’ and insert ‘‘$3,500,000’’. and insert “$5,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$1,250,000’’. In item 2819 of such table, strike In item 713 of such table, strike ‘‘$8,000,000’’ In item 622 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,200,000” “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$10,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$1,550,000”. In item 2194 of such table, strike In item 820 of such table. strike ‘‘$6,000,000’’ In item 600 of such table, strike “$1,700,000” ‘‘63,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. and insert “$8,000,000”. and insert ‘‘$2,200,000’’. In item 688 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000’’ In item 1241 of such table, strike In item 3058 of such table, strike ‘‘$300,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. and insert “$500,000’’. In item 2198 of such table. strike In item 2601 of such table, strike In item 2391 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000’’. ‘‘$4,750,000” and insert ‘‘$8,000,000”. ‘‘$1,400,000” and insert ‘‘$3,900,000’’. In item 2835 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ In item 1541 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ In item 1479 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. and insert “$900,000’’. “$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. In item 266 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ In item 555 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,945,000’’ In item 1112 of such table, strike and insert “$1,000,000.” and insert ‘‘$3,850,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. In item 701 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,000,000’’ In item 3163 of such table, strike In item number 1853 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$2,000,000”. ‘‘$1,750,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000”. ‘‘$7,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$7,800,000”. In item 1296 of such table, strike In item 144 of such table, strike “$850,000’’ In item number 2803 of such table, strike “$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. and insert “$1,000,000’’. “$12,000,000’’ and insert “$15,000,000’’. In item 427 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000” In item 3162 of such table, strike In item number 1787 of such table, strike and insert ‘$4,000,000’’. “$1,400,000’’ and insert “$1,410,000”. the program description and insert “LA, US In item 1993 of such table, strike In item 11 of such table. strike ‘‘$1,500,000” 190 (LA 22 to Little Bayou Castine) Wid ‘‘$5,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$10,000,000’’. and insert “$2,000,000’’. ening’’ and strike “$800,000’’ and insert In item 862 of such table, strike “$2,000,000’’ In item 321 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000’’ ‘‘$1,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$4,500,000’’. and insert “$2,068,755’’. In item number 2071 of such table, strike In item 3027 of such table, strike In item 2658 of such table, strike “$3,300,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,300,000”. ‘‘$13,000,000” and insert “$15,000,000’’. ‘‘$1,600,000’’ and insert “$1,616,000’’. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1281 In item 162 of such table, strike ‘‘$6,500,000’’ In item 910 of such table, strike In item 2110 of such table, strike and insert “$6,937,000”. “$16,500,000” and insert “$20,000,000’’. “$4,300,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. In item 2076 of soch table, strike “con In item 1946 of such table, strike “Con In item 1103 of such table, strike struct 1—35 and Lone Elm Road interchange struct Pedestrian Mall and Streetscape Im “$11,350,000” and insert “$12,000,000’’. and widen 1—35 from 51st St. to 59th St., provements, Wilmore” and insert “Construct In item 249 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” Olathe” and insert “Construct 1—35 and Lone Pedestrian Mall and Streetscape Improve and insert “$3,000,000’’. strike Elm Road interchange and widen 1-35 from ments on Lexington, College, Walnut and In item 2925 of such table, 151st St. to 159th St., Olathe”. Gilespie Sts, Wilmore’’. “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. In item 901 of such table, strike “$2,000,000” In item number 2465 of such table, strike In item 2451 of such table, strike ‘‘3,000,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$200,000,000”. and insert “$4,400,000”. In item 1970 of such table, strike In item number 406 of such table, strike In item 1571 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,300,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$125,000,000’’. ‘‘$5,500,000’’ and insert “$8,500,000’’. In item 2359 of such table, strike In item number 1938 of such table, strike In item 1226 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000 “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’: and insert “$7,000,000’’. and insert “$1,400,000”. ‘‘$2,300,000” In item 053 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000” In item number 1760 of such table, insert In item 2091 of such table, strike and insert “$3,500,000’’. debt repayment for MV “$1,700,000” and insert “$2,500,000”. “or IFA vessel In item 1871 of such table, strike Prince of Wales Ferry” after “ferry ter In item 1453 of such table, strike “$2,100,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000”. “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. minal”. In item 429 of such table, strike table, strike In item 1454 of such table, strike In item number 1847 of such ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert “$11,000,000,,. “Construct access road connection from ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert “$1,900,000”. In item 468 of such table, strike “$3,200,000’’ In item 3244 of such table, strike Seward Highway to rail and airport facilities ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert “$7,000,000’’. in Seward” and insert “Ferry infrastructure and insert “$5,000,000”. 2374 of such table, strike In item 2606 of such table, strike at Seward Marine Center”. In item “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$3,800,000’’. “$6,000,000” and insert “$10,000,000’’. In item 2945 of such table, strike ‘‘$900,000’’ 1214 of such table, strike In item 1289 of such table, strike In item and insert “$7,020,744”. insert “$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,800,000’’. “$5,200,000’’ and “$6,200,000’’. In item 2892 of such table, strike ‘‘Recon item 2794 of such table, strike In item 1864 of such table, strike ‘‘$550,000’’ In struct CSAH 17 between Itasca CR 341 and and insert ‘‘$10,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$2,100,000”. ‘‘$9,000,000,, the Scenic State Park entrance to improve In item 2478 of such table, strike In item 231 of such table, strike “$500,000” safety and structural integrity” and insert “$4,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,700,000”. and insert “$1,500,000’’. CSAH 7 between Itasca CR 341 In item 2462 of such table, strike “Reconstruct In item 1718 of such table, strike Scenic State Park entrance to im ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000’’. and the ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$15,000,000’’. structural integrity’’. In item 1198 of such table, strike “Highway prove safety and In item 1185 of such table, strike of table, strike “$500,000’’ Improvements in Liberty Corridor” and in In item 316 such ‘‘$2,250,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. “Transportation Improvements in Lib and insert “$1,000,000’. In item 1293 of such table, strike sert of table, strike “$4,800,000” In item 768 such ‘‘$2,750,000” and insert ‘‘$3,500,000”. erty Corridor”. In item 759 of such table, strike ‘‘Install and insert ‘‘$5,000,000”. In item 822 of such table, strike “$500,000’’ table, strike for Pedestrian Safety in the In item 2415 of such and insert “$1,250,000’’. Improvements “$1,600,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item 1444 of such table, strike vicinity of PS 114” and insert “Install Im including In item 797 of such table, strike ‘‘$1,300,000’’ ‘‘$20,000,000” and insert “$25,000,000’’. provements for Pedestrian Safety and insert “$1,400,000’’. In item 406 of such table, strike in the vicinity of PS Q114”. of such table, strike “Install In item 404 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,488,300’’ “$2,100,000” and insert “$5,500,000”. In item 552 in the and insert “$3,000,000’’. In item 2700 of such table, strike Improvements for Pedestrian Safety of and insert “Install Im In item 892 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ “$1,400,000’’ and insert “$2,400,000”. vicinity PS 200” and insert ‘‘$750,000’’. In item 359 of such table, strike ‘‘$8,000,000’’ provements for Pedestrian Safety including In item 2754 of such table, strike and insert “$10,000,000’’. in the vicinity of PS Q200”. ‘‘Install ‘‘$2,800,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. In item 1793 of such table, strike In item 1302 of such table, strike in the In item 2603 of such table, strike ‘‘$10,650,000’’ and insert ‘‘$13,900,000’’. Improvements for Pedestrian Safety “$1,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item 1943 of such table, strike vicinity of PS 124” and insert “Install Im In item 1555 of such table, strike “$7,000,000” and insert “$8,000,000’’. provements for Pedestrian Safety including “$7,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’: In item 2017, of such table, strike in the vicinity of PS K124”. In item 2853 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$8,000,000’’. In item 203 of such table, strike “Install “$2,000,000” and insert “$2,500,000’. In item 254 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000’’ Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in the In item 3298 of such table, strike and insert “$2,500,000”. vicinity of PS 277” and insert “Install mi “$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. In item 2685 of such table, strike provements for Pedestrian Safety including In item 1088 of such table, strike “$10,000,000” and insert ‘‘$15,000,000”. in the vicinity of PS K277”. “$7,500,000” and insert ‘‘$9,000,000’’. In item 2442 of such table, strike In item 2553 of such table, strike ‘‘Install Tn item 705 of such table, strike ‘‘$6,500,000” ‘‘$10,000,000” and insert ‘‘$15,000,000”. Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in the and insert ‘‘$10,900,000”. In item 2443 of such table, strike ‘‘$700,000” vicinity of PS 01” and insert “Install Im In item 2837 of such table, strike and insert “$800,000’’. provements for Pedestrian Safety including “$4,500,000” and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. In item 878 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,500,000’’ in the vicinity of PS XII”. In item 848 of such table, strike ‘‘$4,500,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. In item 1897 of such table, strike ‘‘Install and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. In item 3004 of such table, strike Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in the In item 834 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000” ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. vicinity of IS 194’’ and insert ‘‘Install Im and insert ‘‘$1,000,000’’. In item 1503 of such table, strike ‘‘Con provements for Pedestrian Safety including In item 396 of such table, strike “$500,000’’ struct railroad overpass spanning three mile in the vicinity of IS X194”. and insert “$1,000,000’’. section of SR5O1 from MP 0 and MP 3” and In item 1071 of such table, strike ‘‘Install In item 1204 of such table, strike insert “Improve NE 10th Avenue in Van Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in the ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,600,000’’. couver”. vicinity of IS 72JPS 69” and insert “Install In item 1812 of such table, strike In item 1423 of such table, strike Improvements for Pedestrian Safety includ ‘‘$21,000,000’’ and “$21,850,000’’. ‘‘$10,000,000” and insert “$12,054,000’’. ing in the vicinity of IS R72IPS R69”. In item 733 of such table, strike In item 2756 of such table, strike In item 879 of such table, strike ‘‘Install “$15,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$20,000,000”. “$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in the In item 3220 of such table, strike In item 744 of such table, strike “$2,500,000’’ vicinity of PS 153” and insert “Install Im ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000”. and insert ‘‘$4,500,000’’. provements for Pedestrian Safety including In item 430 of such table, strike “$1,750,000’’ In item 1212 of such table, strike in the vicinity of PS Q153”. and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$1,354,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item 1507 of such table, strike ‘‘$50,000’ In item 592 of such table, strike “$3,000,000’’ In item 2095 of such table, strike ‘‘Improve and insert “$550,000’’. strike ‘‘Queens and insert ‘‘$3,900,000”. Willapa Hills bicycle and pedestrian trail be In item 2181 of such table, In item 2369 of such table, strike tween Rainbow Falls State Park and Adna” and Brooklyn County Graffiti Elimination Highway fi’om “$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. and insert “Improve Willapa Hills bicycle Program including Kings In item 3174 of such table, strike and pedestrian trail between Chehalis and Ocean Parkway to McDonald Avenue” and Rich ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert “$10,700,000’’. Pacific County” and strike “$200,000” and in insert “Queens, Bronx, and Kings, and In item 1551 of such table, strike sert ‘‘$700,000”. mond County Graffiti Elimination Program “$5,000,000’’ and insert “$8,500,000’’. In such table, strike item 922. including Kings Highway from Ocean Park In item 1032 of such table, strike In item 2152 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000’’ way to McDonald Avenue” and strike “$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. and insert “$600,000’’. ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,250,000”. In item 930 of such table, strike “$500,000’’ In item 2969 of such table, strike “$200,000’’ In item 2092 of such table, strike “$300,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000’’. and insert ‘‘$250,000’’. and insert ‘‘$1,300,000”. H1282 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March .70, 2005 In item 221 of such table, strike “$1,000,000” In item 1156 of such table, strike In item 470 of such table, strike ‘‘NY”, and insert “$2,000,000”. ‘‘$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,000,000”. “Rehabilitation of Bay Ridge 86th Street In item 2120 of such table, strike In item 1246 of such table, strike “$400,000” Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY”, and strike “$2,000,000’ and insert “$3,000,000’’. and insert “$500,000’’. “$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘SC”, “Widen 8 miles In item 2502 of such table, strike In item 1320 of such table, strike ‘‘$500,000” of S—83 (Hardacrabble Road) from intersec “$8,000,000’’ and insert “$10,000,000’’, and insert “$650,000”. tion with SC Route 555 (Farrow Road) to In item 2960 of such table, strike In item 1332 of such table, strike “0—10” and Road 5-54 (Langford Road)”, and ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. insert “1—49’’. “$2,000,000’’. In item 756 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000’’ In item 1348 of such table, strike In item 571 of such table, strike ‘‘$475,000” and insert “$2,700,000”. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. and insert “$500,000”. In item 431 of such table, strike “$2,000,000” In item 1385 of such table, strike In item 621 of such table, strike “$4,000,000” and insert “$2,300,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. and insert “$5,000,000”. In item 2012 of such table, strike ‘‘$750,000” In item 1478 of such table, strike In item 712 of such table, strike ‘‘KY’’, and insert “$1,000,000’’. “$5,600,000” and insert ‘‘$15,550,000’’. “Construct North Somerset Bypass in Pu In item 1147 of such table, strike ‘‘$900,000’’ In item 1508 of such table, strike laski County from Nuno Parkway to KY8O”, and insert “$1,000,000’’. ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,000,000”. and strike “$7,000,000” and insert “CA”, “The In item 2134 of such table, strike In item 1548 of such table, strike Alameda Corridor SR 47 Port Access Es “$11,150,000” and insert “$12,000,000’’. ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$2,700,000’’. pressway design funding”, and “$5,000,000”. In item 2625 of such table, strike In item 181 of such table, strike “$7,700,000’’ In item 747 of such table, strike ‘‘$5,000,000” “$2,850,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000’’. and insert ‘‘$8,700,000”. and insert “$5,000,000”. In item 3154 of such table, strike In item 1832 of such table, strike In item 789 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,000,000’’ ‘‘$4,800,000” and insert “$6,000,000”. “$3,750,000” and insert “$4,250,000’’. and insert “$4,000,000” and strike “Reroute In item 1495 of such table, strike In item 194 of such table, strike “$375,000” State Hwy 11 near Burlington, WI (Kenosha “$2,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000”. and insert “$425,000”. County, WI)” and insert “Reroute State Hwy In item 1978 of such table, strike In item 2004 of such table, strike 11 near Burlington, WI (Walworth and Racine “$1,750,000’’ and insert ‘‘$3,000,000”. ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert “$3,000,000”. Counties, WI)’’. In item 2326 of such table, strike In item 2038 of such table, strike In item 982 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,850,000” and insert “$5,000,000’’. “$6,000,000” and insert “$7,000,000’’. “$14,000,000’’ and insert “$16,000,000’’. strike In item 3087 of such table, strike In item 207 of such table, Strike all the text of item 1138 of such “$4,750,000” and insert ‘‘$5,000,000’’. “$15,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$17,000,000”. table and insert “NC”, “Eliminate highway- “$400,000” In item 2458 of such table, strike In item 2126 of such table, strike railway crossings in the city of Fayetteville, ‘‘$5,700,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000,’. and insert “$500,000”. NC’’, and “$1,000,000”. table, strike In item 1859 of such table, strike In item 2139 of such Strike all the text of item 3138 and insert “$3,700,000’’ and insert “$5,700,000’’. “$2,350,000” and insert “$3,850,000’’. “KS”, “Elimination of highway-railway table, strike 2211 of such table, strike In item 1820 of such In item crossings at the city of Pittsburg Port Au and insert “$6,480,000’’. “$3,700,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,700,000”. ‘‘$4,480,000’’ thority to increase safety and reduce conges such table, strike In item 2231 of such table, strike “Teir” In item 2530 of tion”, and “$5,730,000”. ‘‘Tier’’. ‘‘$1,000,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. and insert Strike the contents of item number 2733 of such table, strike “Improve In item 2303 of such table, strike “Rebuild In item 563 and insert “FL”, “Construct reliever road to at Aviation Blvd. and Yakima Highway within city limits of Sun ment of intersection SR A—l—A in the City of tleerfield Beach be congestion” and in nyside, WA” and insert “Cultural & Interpre Rosecrans Ave. to reduce ginning at A—1—AfHillsboro Blvd. and ending of intersection at Avia tive Center (Hanford Reach National Monu sert “Improvement at A—I—A/N.E. 2nd Street’’ and ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in Ave. to reduce con facility, Richland, WA”. tion Blvd. and Rosecrans ment) the respective columns. In item 2425 of such table, strike gestion, City of Hawthorne”. Strike the contents of item number 1487 such table, strike “Realign “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. In item 2024 of and insert “FL”, “Widen State Road 80, Brea Avenue to reduce conges In item 2580 of such table, strike ment of La Hendry County”, and “$1,000,000”, in the re “Realignment of La Brea ‘‘$1,400,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000”. tion” and insert spective colemna. congestion, City of In item 2627 of such table, strike Avenue to reduce Strike the contents of item 1217 and insert “$14,000,000” and insert “$16,000,000’’. Inglewood”. “IL”, “Transportation Enhancement and 2900 of such table, strike ‘‘Improve In item 2656 of such table, strike In item road improvements necessary for Downtown at Inglewood Ave and ‘‘$9,000,000” and insert “$9,750,000’’. ment of intersection Plaza improvements in Jacksonville, IL”, Ave to reduce congestion” and insert In item 2795 of such table, strike “Con Marine and “$952,572” in the respective columns. intersection at Inglewood struct 1—66 east of Somerset, Kentucky in “Improvement of Strike the contents of item 470 and insert congestion, Pulaski County to 1—75 at London, Ken Ave and Marine Ave to reduce “The Carrolltun Greenbelt Project, tucky” and insert “Construct Northern By “GA”, City of Lawodale”. City of Carrollton, Georgia”, and “$350,000” 1892 of such table, strike pass of Somerset, liY and 1—66 from the Cum In item in the respective columns. ‘‘$4,000,000’’. berland Parkway west of Somerset, RY to I— “$3,000,000’’ and insert In item 2155 of such table, strike item 2040 of such table, strike the 75 south of London, KY” and strike In ‘‘$14,000,000” and insert ‘‘$44,250,000”. and insert “For US Rt. 30 ‘‘$7,000,000” and insert ‘‘$35,000,000’’. project description In item 1810 of such table, strike signals, tern and declaration In item 2984 of such table, strike intersection ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert “$7,120,745’’. St. and IL Rt 43 md. “$3,120,000’’ and insert “$1,800,000”. lanes between Williams In item 1969 of such table, strike Wolf Rd, Lincoln Way HS and Lo In item 2997 of such table, strike 80th Ave., ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,500,000’’. and in ‘‘$5,000,000” and insert “$6,000,000’’. cust SI”, and also strike “$6,000,000” 2181 of such table, strike In item 3001 of such table, strike ‘‘$725,000” In item sert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. “$4,000,000” and insert ‘‘$6,250,000’’. such table, strike and insert “$750,000”. In item 2410 of In item number 3202 of such table, strike insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. In item 3007 of such table, strike “$1,000,000’’ and ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 2789 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$4,000,000’’. In item In item number 978 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$3,500,000’’. In item 3034 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000’’ ‘‘$1,800,000” and insert “$2,500,000”. In item 110 of such table, strike “Intersec ‘‘$1,500,000” and insert ‘‘$2,800,000’’. strike In item number 1248 of nch table, strike tion improvements at Highland and Bishop In item 3040 of such table, “$600,000” and insert “$2,000,000’’. of Highland Heights, OH” “$8,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$18,000,000”. Roads in the City In item number 2066 of such table, strike insert “Construct Highland Road pedes In item 3071 of such table, strike and ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and insert “$3,400,000’’. improvements at ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and insert “$5,000,000’’. trian path and intersection In item number 2799 of such table, strike in the City of In item 3141 of eoch table, strike Highland and Bishop Roads insert ‘‘$2,000,000’’. “$4,200,000” and insert “$3,500,000”. “$1,500,000’’ and Highland Heights, OH”. In item number 2244 of such table, strike 2893 of such table, strike In item 3166 of such table, strike “from In item ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. ‘‘$6,500,000’’. mile post 117.5 to milepost 118.5’’. “$5,000,000’’ and insert In item number 685 of such table, strike item 3247 of such table, strike In item 317 of such table, strike “$1,210,000” In ‘‘$1,500,000” and insert ‘‘$3,000,000’’. ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert “$8,000,000”. and insert ‘‘$3,210,000’’. strike In item number 370 of such table, strike item 405 of such table, strike ‘‘$3,000,000” In item 3208 of such table, In demolishing existing elevated road over and insert ‘‘$6,500,000’’. ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$6,000,000”. park”. In 1026 of such table, strike In item 3228 of such table, strike item In item 2174 of such table, strike the first and insert ‘‘$7,150,000’’. ‘‘$5,600,000’’ and insert ‘‘$13,900,000”. “$64000000” comma and insert a comma after “Chester”. In item 1034 of such table, strike ‘‘0—76” and In item 3236 of such table, strike “$400,000’’ In item 2019 of ssch table, strike the insert ‘‘1—78’’. and insert “$100,000’’. project description and dollar amount and In item 1099 of such table, strike In item 3270 of such table, strike insert “Traffic mitigation on Bridge Street ‘‘$6,400,000’’ and insert ‘‘$7,150,000’’. “$14,000,000” and insert “$35,000,000’’. Avenue, Florida, NY” and In item 1149 of such table, strike In item 351 of such table, strike ‘‘$6,000,000” and Maple ‘‘$12,300,000’’ and insert “$14,300,000’’. and insert ‘‘$8,000,000”. “$150,000’’, respectively. Marc/i 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE H1283 In item 1278 of such table, strike the J.n item 1311 of such table, strike “con In item 2135 of such table, strike project description and dollar amount and struct Farmington canal Greenway enhance “$3,000,000’’ and insert “$2,000,000”. insert “Land acquisition and improvements ments, New Haven and Hamden” and insert In item 1250 of such table, strike on Louisa Street, Peekskitl, NY”, “$925,000”, “constrnct Farmington canal creenway, “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$1,500,000”. respectively. city of New Haven and Hamden”. In item 3314 of such table, strike such table, strike the ‘‘$3,000,000” and insert “$37,000,000”. In item 1870 of In item 1672 of such table, strike “Recon and dotlar amount and In item 2158 of such table, strike project description struct Waterfront Street corridor, New and epgrades on Main “$8,000,000” and insert “$5,000,000”. insert “Improvements Haven” and insert “Reconstruct Waterfront Beskman, NY”, and “$200,000”, re In item 864 of such table, strike “Improve Street, Street corridor, city of New Haven”. spectively. ments for intersections heavily traveled In item 2652 of such table, strike “Improve In item 1570 of such table, strike “con through which include Beaverton Hillsdale SR1023 from US 70 Besiness to US 301 in struct bike/pedestrian path, Shelton” and in Hwy Scholls Ferry and Oleson, Beaverton” Smithfield” and insert “Improve SR 1923 sert “construct Housatonic Riverwalk, and insert “1—5/99W connector” from US 70 Business to US 301 Smithfield”. Shelton”. At the end of such table, add the following: High Priority Projects

No. State Project Description Amount

3316 TX Reconstruct Union Pacific Railroad bridge over wid $1,000,000 ened Business US 287 3317 AK Anchorage Traffic congestion Relief $10,000,000 3318 VA Expansion of Battlefield Parkway from Hast Market $2,000,000 Street at Route 7 to Sycolin Road, S.E. 3319 OR construction of the 1—84, US 395 Stanfield Inter $2,000,000 change Improvement Project 3320 IN Design and reconstruct residential streets in the $930,000 city of Muncie, Indiana

3321 CA Improvement of Main Street - Shenandoah Road/SR $1,000,000 49 Intersection, Plymouth 3322 SD Besign and construct new Meridian Bridge across $4,000,000 the Missouri River south of Yankton, South Da kota. $48,000,000 3323 AK Earthwork and roadway construction Gravina Ac cess Project $1,000,000 3324 GA Improvement and construction of SR 40 from east of St. Marys cutoff at rode post 5.0, charlton county to county Route 61, camden county, Georgia $3,750,000 3325 NJ Route 22 Sustainable corridor Plan $500,000 3326 OR Hood River, OR, Frontage Road crossing Project $2,000,000 3327 GA construct and Improve Westside Parkway, Northern Section, in Fulton county coast $t2,000,000 3328 CNMI Planning design and construction of East Highway/Route 36, Saipan in colquitt $1,000,000 3329 GA Widen SR 133 from Spence Field to SR 35 county, Georgia Flagler Reconfig $1,000,000 3330 FL West Palm Beach, Florida, Drive uration Route 1281) Widening $1,000,000 3331 FL Implement Snake Road (BIA and Improvements Ave. from Rochester $3,000,000 3332 NY Reconstruction of Portland city line to ‘Titus Ave in Irondequoit, NY corridor Greenway $500,000 3333 FL Alleviate congestion at Atlantic Network, city of Miami Beach, FL Volcan corridor equal $2,000,000 3334 NM Development of the Paseo del ly split between Sandoval county from Iris Road to US Highway 550 and the 1-40 Paseo del Vulcan Interchange Spanaway Loop Road to $5,000,000 3335 WA SR 704 cross-Base Highway, SR 7 in of River $500,000 3336 CA Restoration of Victoria Avenue the city side, CA $2,000,000 3337 MN 1-494 Lane Addition Trolley Trail, columbus $500,000 3338 GA Uptown Jogging, Bicycle. Georgia alternatives between $15,750,000 3339 CA Study and construct highway Orange and Riverside counties, directed by RCTC, working with local transp. authorities, and guided by the current MIS of highway-rail grade $300,000 3340 OH Rehabilitation or replacement separations along the West Central Ohio Port An thority route in Champaign and Clark Counties of Pembroke Pines, $2,250,000 3341 FL Improvements to 1—75 in the City Florida Causeway at Ear- $1,800,000 3342 LA Construction of new interchange hart-LA 3139 for inter-parcel ac $500,000 3343 GA Construction of infrastructure cess, median upgrades, lighting, and beautification along Highway 78 corridor of the 1-196 $3,000,000 3344 MI Design, Right-of-Way and Construction Chicago Drive (Baldwin Street) Interchange Modificaiton, Michigan Project $7,000,000 3345 VA 1-66 and Route 29 Gainesville Interchange $10,000,000 3346 FL SR 688 Ulmerton Road Widening (Lake Seminole By pass Canal to El Centro Ranchero) 62 $1,000,000 3347 OK Navajoe Gateway Improvements Project, U.S. in Altos, OK H1284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 High Priority Projects—Continued

Amount No. State Project Description $1,000,000 3348 NV Construction of Carson City Freeway sensor control $200,000 3349 TN Upgrade lights and gates aod mutiun ling circuitry at the highway rail grade crussing lucated on Wenasoga R0adJFAS 8224, Middleton, TN north end of RHL $750,000 3350 WV Construct connector road from Boulevard to State Roots 601 (Jefferson Road) campus perimeter road, $1,000,000 3351 NY Construct Sieua College Loodonville, NY SR 77 from Soothside, $1,700,000 3352 AL Construct additional lanes on Alabama to Green Valley Road to the SH 195 $2,000,000 3353 TX Environmental mitigation related project and related improvements in Williamson County that had adverse effects on the Karst cave system Bypass Seg $6,800,000 3354 AL The City of Calera, Alabama—Northern ment (U.S. Highway 31 to Alabama State Highway 25) point urban interchange (SPUf) $1,350,000 3355 WA Construct a single under I—S at South 272nd St bridges at County Roads 200E and SlOE $500,000 3356 IN Reconstruct in LaPorte County, luthana Reconstruct Walton Blvd in Auburn Hills $7,400,000 3357 MI Widen and from Opdyke to Squirrel Rd a study and report regarding the con $300,000 3358 GA Commission struction and designation of a new Interstate link ing Savannah, Augusta, & Knoxville pedestrian and bicycle amenities on Sea- $3,000,000 3359 TX Construct wall Blvd Galveston, Tx Beach Trail in San Clemente, CA $1,000,000 3360 CA Pedestrian 6 mainlaues from east of Mercury $2,000,000 3361 TX CS 90—Construct to east of Wallisville highway safety and capacity improve $900,000 3362 PA Construct ments to improve the access to the KidsPeace Broadway Campus 400 and McGinnis Ferry Road Interchange, $900,000 3363 GA CA Forsyth County, GA of bypass around town of Hiram, from $500,000 3364 GA Constroction SR 92 to US 278, Paulding County, Georgia Construct US 411 Connector from US 41 to 1—75, $1,000,000 3365 GA Bartow County, Georgia Construct access road connecting Port of Beaoruont $1,320,000 3366 TX property on east bank of Neches River to 1—10 ac cess road east of the Neches River 220/MD 53 North-South Corridor $1,000,000 3367 MD CS Acqoire Right-of-Way for Lodlam Trail, Miami, $250,000 3368 FL Florida Construct Northern State Parkway and LIE access $1,700,000 3369 NY at Marcus Ave. and Lakeville Rd. and associated Park and Ride. Constroct interim CS 422 improvements at Valley $1,000,000 3370 PA Forge river crossing Design and construction of Renaissance Square in $2,000,000 3371 NY Rochester, NY Alabama Hwy 36 Extension and Widening—Phase II $300,000 3372 AL Nurthfiuld site roadway extension from Rte 60 to In $500,000 3373 PA dustrial Park near the Pittsburgh International Airport Plan and construct pedestrian trail along the Chio $950,000 3374 OH and Erie Canal Towpath Trail in downtown Akron, CE Reconstruct 1-30 Trinity River Bridge—Dallas, TX $34,000,000 3375 TX Reconstruct 1—30 Trinity River Bridge—Dallas, TX $1,000,000 3376 TX Construction of interchange on 1—985 north of SR—13, $1,000,000 3377 GA Hall County Georgia Construction of circulation roadway at Galveston $1,500,000 3378 TX croise ship terminal Temple Terrace Highway Modification $1,000,000 3379 FL Burma Rd: Extension from 1-90 to Lakeway Rd $2,000,000 3380 WY Construct Western Blvd. extension from Northern $4,000,000 3381 NJ Blvd to S.H. Rt. 9, Ocean County, NJ Powerline Rearvisiun motor carrier hackuver motor $100,000 3382 FL carrier safety research Environmental mitigation at Sybiak Farm in Lou $1,500,000 3383 NH donderry to offset effects of 1—93 improvements East Grand River Improvements, Brighton Town $2,000,000 3384 MI ship, Michigan Replace Brent Speoce Bridge, Kenton County, Xen $2,000,000 3385 KY tocky Construction of projects that relieve congestion in $12,000,000 3386 TX aud around the Texas Medical Center complex Hazel Avenue ITS Improvements, Folsom Blvd. to $500,000 3387 CA Placer County March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H1285 High Priority Projects—Continued

Amount No. State Project Description widening (west of 38th street $10,000,000 3388 FL SR 688 Ulmertun Road to west of 1275) mitigation at crystal Lake in Man $1,900,000 3389 NH Environmental chester to offset effects of 1—93 improvements rte 123 and Fairfax county $1,000,000 3190 VA Widening 1-95 between Parkway PA Slatelick Interchange for PA $2,400,000 3391 PA Armstrong county, 28 at SR 3017 1—44-Ft. Still Key Gate Interchange $1,000,000 3392 OK Reconstruct the county, Georgia conversion of 1—20 and carey $2,000,000 3393 GA Greene Station Road overpass to full interchange and interchange at US 24 and SR $1,000,000 3394 OH Upgrade overpass 66 in the city of Defiance 80 Interchange at Pflug Road, Sarpy $1,000,000 3395 NE Interstate county, Nebraska and engineering for 5R70 widening $500,000 3396 FL cundoct planning in Hardee, DeSuto and Okeechubee counties Protection for Veterans Memorial $700,000 3397 VA cathodic Bridge Bridge and the Berkely Bridge in the common wealth of Virginia Mcclung Road from State Road 39 to $750,000 3398 IN Reconstruct Park Street in LaPorte, Indiana Street Network Improvements in Golum $3,000,000 3399 OH Riversouth bus Infantry Meseem Transportation Network, $3,750,000 3400 GA National Georgia Wideband multimedia mobile emergency commu $5,000,000 3401 AK nications pilot project Wasilla, Alaska Widen road and improve interchanges of 1—81 from $1,000,000 3402 MD south of 1—70 to north of Halfway Boulevard of US 385 4 lane divide sooth of crane to $2,000,000 3403 TK Expansion Mccarney Road Extension $1,000,000 3404 VA Old Mill a study & report regarding construction $300,000 3405 GA commission & desgnation of a new Interstate linking Augusta, Macon, columbus, Montgomery, & Natchez Improvements on US 36 corridor from 1—25 to Boul $2,000,000 3406 GO der. Improvements include interchange and over pass reconstruction Design and constrect bridge and roadway approaches $3,000,000 2407 AZ across Tonto creek at Sheeps crossing sooth of Payson, AZ Missouri River Bridges between US 34, 1—29 in Iowa $2,500,000 3408 NE and US 75 in Nebraska fteconstruct.—Orangeport Road from NYS Rte 31 to $850,000 3409 NY Slayton Settlement Road—Niagara county, NY construct sound-walls between 1-65 and Harding $830,000 3410 TN Place in Davidson county Reconstruct and Realign SH—55 in Idaho between $2,000,000 34t1 ID Islileposts 94 and 102 Pinellas countywide Intelligent Transportation Sys $10,000,000 3412 FL tem—phase 2 Realignment of US 287 around Boise city, OK $1,000,000 3413 OK Replace Heckscher Brive (SR 105) Bridge across $2,000,000 3414 FL Broward River FM 156 Road Relocation at Alliance Airport, Texas $1,000,000 3415 TX Upgrade Gaesar chavez Boulevard from San Antonio $3,000,000 3416 TX Street to Brasos Street coral Way, SR 972 Highway Beautification, Phase $500,000 3437 FL One, Miami, Florida cascade Locks Marine Park Underpass to address $500,000 3418 OR necessary improvements Reconstruction of East Genesee Street connective $3,500,000 1419 NY corridor to Syracose University in Syracuse, NY For cook county to reconstruct and widen 127th $450,000 3420 IL Street between Smith Road and State Street in Lemont Widen 1—65 from SR—840 to SR—96, including inter $970,000 3421 TN change modification at Goose creek Bypass, Williamson Gounty Auburn Boulevard Improvements, city of citrus $500,000 3422 GA Heights Bossier Parish congestion Relief $3,000,000 3423 LA Fund the 8.28 miles of the El camioo East-West cor $2,000,000 3424 LA ridor along LA 6 from LA 485 near Robsline, LA to 1—49 Bryan Oairy Road improvements from Starkey Road $4,000,000 3425 FL to 72nd Street Bockhsad community Improvements to rehabilitate $1,000,000 3426 GA State Roadl4l, including lane straightening, addi tion of median, installation of left turn hays at two intersections, addition of bicycle lanes, side walks, clear zones and landscape buffers 111286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE March 10, 2005 High Priority Projects—Continued

Amount No. State Project Description fire safety equipment, $800,000 3427 VA Purchase specialized tunnel Hampton Roads Reconstruction—From Prospect Road $2,000,000 3428 MI Holmes Road to Michigan Avenue, Charter Township of Ypsi lanti of greenways in Nashville—Da $1,000,000 3429 TN Construct a system vidson County and traffic safety in Holladay $2,000,000 3430 UT Improve pedestrian improvements from Richmond $1,350,000 3431 OH Construction of road Road to Cuyahoga Community College, Warrensville Heights road with access to memorial Shoreway, $1,000,000 3432 OH Construct Cleveland County East-West Railroad Reloca $100,000 3433 TX North Cameron tion Project Pathway From Multimodal Transit Sta $520,000 3434 OR Construct tion to Swanson Park, Albany Initiative to provide for a parking $750,000 3435 NY Transportation facility, in the vicinity of the Manhattan College Community II Corning Preserve Transportation Enhance $6,000,000 3436 NY Phase ment Project of Goods movement through 1—278 in New $1,500,000 3437 NY Study York City and New Jersey and Implement Traffic Improvements to the $1,000,000 3438 NY Study area surrounding the Stiliwell Avenue train sta tion Expand Diesel Emission Reduction Program of Gate $3,100,000 3439 CA way Cities COG Construct pedestrian walkway on Houston Texas’ $1,000,000 3440 TX Main Street Corridor County, California—Watt Avenue Multi- $4,000,000 3441 CA Sacramento modal Mobility Improvements, Kiefer Boulevard to Fair Oaks Boulevard. Passaic River—Newark Day Restoration and Pollu $400,000 3442 NJ tion Abatement Project, Route 21 Downtown West Orange streetscape and traffic im $300,000 3443 NJ provetnent program. High-Speed EZ pass at the New Rochelle Toll Plaza, $1,000,000 3444 NY New Rochelle Access to Regional Multi-Modal Center—FM 1016 $2,000,000 3445 TX and SH 115 For acquisition and construction of an alternate $200,000 3446 AR transportation (pedestrian/bicycle) trail from East Little Rock to Pinnacle Mountain State Park Construct 4th Street overpass grade separation $199,794 3447 MN crossing a BNSF Rail Road, City of Carlton North Rail Relocation Project, Harlingen $2,000,000 3448 TX Construct Pfeifer Road, remove 10 foot raised cross $251,717 3449 MN ing, Twin Lakes Township Safety improvements and to widen Hardy Street at $800,000 3450 MS the intersection of US 49 in Hattiesburg Reconstruction of U.S. Route 20 and Ohio Route 113 $500,000 3451 OH (Center Ridge Road), Rocky River Safety improvements to TH 169 between Virginia $23,400,000 3452 MN and Winton Construct access road and roadway improvements to $1,300,000 3453 VA Chessie development site. Acquisition of rail corridors for use as bicycle and $2,000,000 3454 NC pedestrian trails, Durham TH 61 Reconstruction from 2.7 miles to 6.2 miles $10,067,000 3455 MN north of Tofte Phase IL/part 1I—CSAH 15 to East of Scenic Highway $2,840,000 3456 MN 7 (1.2 miles) Reconstruction with some rehabilitation of roadway $1,000,000 3457 MN with storm water sewer system construction from eastern boundary of the Bois Forte Indian Res ervation and ending at “T” intersection of road way (3.5 miles) Widen 4th Street in Hattiesburg $3,200,000 3458 MS. Study of safe and efficient commercial multi-modal $500,000 3459 NJ transportation systems serving the East Coast Port Complex. Improve roads and enhance area in the vicinity of S. $1,000,000 3460 IL Archer Avenue and Midway Airport, Chicago Construct Leon Pass overpass, Hodgkins $800,000 3461 IL Undertake Streetscaping project on Harlem Avenue $4,000,000 3462 IL initiating from 71st Street to 1—80, Cook County Construct bike path, parking facility, and related $2,000,000 3463 IL transportation enhancement projects, North Riv ersid e Upgrade Roads, Summit $800,000 3464 IL March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE 111287 High Priority Projects—Continued

Amount No. State Project Description Avenue, Oak $800,000 3465 IL Undertake streetseaping on Ridgeland Park Avenue, and 26th Street, Berwyn path and related facilities $600,000 3466 IL Construct bike/pedestrian in Spring Rock Park, Western Springs Trail to the Great Bear $1,200,000 3467 SD Extend the Sioux Falls Bike Recreation Area on BIA #2 5 miles SW of Kyle on $750,000 3468 SD Redesign T corner the Pine Ridge Reservation in Pine Ridge to the SuAnne Big 5250, 000 3469 SD Extend bike trail Crow Boys & Girls Center in Aberdeen $8,000,000 3470 SD Extend bicycle trail system Streetscape Improvements, Phase $750,000 3471 GA City of Moultrie UI for historic preservation and $500,000 3472 GA Restore and renovate museum the 1906 AB&A Railroad Building, Fitz gerald upgrade lighting, and add land $500,000 3473 GA Improve sidewalks, scaping, Ocilla. upgrade lighting, and add land $750,000 3474 GA Improve sidewalks, scaping, Newton County. Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add land $500,000 3475 GA scaping, Monticello. City of Sylvester Bicycle and Pedestrian Project. $500,000 3476 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add land $750,000 3477 GA scaping, Tifton. Improve sidewalks and curbs on Wheeler Avenue and $500,000 3478 GA Carlos Avenues, Ashburn. sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add land $500,000 3479 GA Improve scaping, Jackson. Construct traffic circle in San Ysidro at the inter $300,000 3480 CA section of Via de San Ysidro and West San Ysidro Boulevard, San Diego Construct and resurface unimproved roads in the $1,000,000 3481 CA Children’s Village Ranch and improve access from Children’s Village Ranch to Lake Morena Drive, San Diego County Project design and environmental assessment of wid $2,700,000 3482 CA ening and improving the interchange at ‘H” Street and 1-5, Chula Vista, Chula Vista Jacksonvitle International Airport Access Rd. to I— $2,000,000 3483 FL 95, Jacksonville Mathews Bridge Replacement, Jacksonville $1,000,000 3484 FL Hecksher Bridge Replacement, Jacksonville $1,000,000 3485 FL NE 3 Ave to NE 8th Ave Rd Reconstruction, Gaines $1,000,000 3486 FL ville University Ave to NE 8 Avenue Rd Reconstruction, $2,000,000 3487 FL Gainesville Central Kentucky Multi Highway Preservation $2,300,000 3488 KY Project Construct East Beckley Bypass, including 5500,000 $5,000,000 3489 WV for preliminary engineering and design of the Shady Spring connector (Route 3/Airport Road) Construct 1—73/74 High Priority Corridor, Wayne Co. $5,000,000 3490 WV Construct Ilidville Road (KY 974) Interchange at the $1,700,000 3491 KY Mountain Parkway, Clark County Construction and improvements to Ridge Road, $500,000 3492 NY Lackawanna Construction at 1—580 and California SR 84 (Isabel $2,500,000 CA 3493 Avenue) Interchange Construction of and improvements to Amherst $200,000 3494 NY Street, Buffalo Construction of and improvements to Grant Street, $200,000 3495 NY Buffalo Construction of and improvements to Hertel Avenue, $200,000 3496 NY Buffalo Construction of and improvements to Hopkins $200,000 3497 NY Street, Buffalo Construction of and improvements to Main Street in $500,000 3498 NY the Town of Aurora Construction of and improvements to McKinley $500,000 3499 NY Parkway, Buffalo Construction of and improvements to Route 5 in the $500,000 3500 NY Town of Hamburg Construction of and improvements to South Pai’k $500,000 3501 NY Avenue and Lake Avenue in the Village of Blasdell Construction of and improvements to South Park $200,000 3502 NY Avenue, Buffalo Construction of Bicycle Path and Pedestrian Trail in 5800, 000 3503 NY City of Buffalo Construction, redesign, and improvements to Fargo $2,000,000 3504 NY Street in Buffalo H1288 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3505 TN Improve existing two lane highway to a five lane fa 15,500.000 cility on State Route 53 from South of 1—24 to Near Parks Creek Road, Coffee County 3506 ME Improve portions of Route 116 between Lincoln and $3,500,000 Medway to bring road up to modern standard 3507 ME Improve portions of Route 26 between Bethel and Ox $1,000,000 ford $500,000 3508 NY Road improvements and signage in City of Lacka wanna $500,000 3509 NJ Belmont Ave Gateway Community Enhancement Project, Haledon on $1,000,000 3510 TX Conduct feasibility study for an off ramp on 1—30 to Hall Street for direct access to Baylor Univer city Medical Center in Dallas. Mt. $900,000 3511 NJ Livingston Pedestrian Streetscape Project along Pleasant and Livingston Avenues $5,000,000 3512 MD MD4 at Suitland Parkway $1,000,000 3513 NJ Pompton Lakes Downtown Streetscape Hat $125,000 3514 PA Street improvements along North Broad Street, field Borough Old Road, Jenkintown $1,000,000 3515 PA Street improvements to York Borough and Joshua $800,000 3516 PA Street improvements to Ridge Pike Road, Whitemarsh Township (Rte $600,000 3517 PA Street improvements to Skippack Pike 73). Whitpain Township Dublin Township $1,500,000 2518 PA Street Improvements, Upper Gwynedd Township $375,000 3519 PA Street Improvements, Upper improvements to $1,300,000 3520 VA Construct access road and roadway Chessie development site, Clifton Forge Arterial Improvements $950,000 3521 WA Fruitdale and MeGarigle Project in Sedro Woolley, Washington County $1,000,000 3522 MS Improve Ridge Road, Pearl River Connector, Hancock $3,000,000 3523 MS Port Nienville Intermodal County Ave/Marsh Road $400,000 3524 WA Realign Airport RoadlSpringhetti in Snohomish County, Washington. $2,800,000 3525 LA Widen 1-10 in New Orleans from Saratoga Springs to $1,000,000 3526 UT Widen Redwood Road Bangerter Highway in Utah County from near the intersection of $500,000 3527 VA Widen Rolfe Highway Rolfe Highway and Point Pleasant Road to the Surry ferry landing approach bridge and roadway improvements to $1,300,000 3528 VA Construct access road Chessie development site, Clifton Forge Arterial Improvements $950,000 3529 WA Fruitdale and McGarigle Project in Sedro Woolley, Washington Road, Pearl River county $1,000,000 3530 MS Improve Ridge Intermodal Connector. Hancock $3,000,000 3531 MS Port Bienville County RoadlSpringhetti AveJlvlai’sh Road $400,000 3532 WA Realign Airport in Snohornish County, Washington. New Orleans $2,800,000 3533 LA Widen 1-10 in Road from Saratoga Springs to $1,000,000 3534 UT Widen Redwood Bangerter Highway in Utah County Highway from near the intersection of $500,000 3535 VA Widen Rolfe Rolfe Highway and Point Pleasant Road to the Surry ferry landing approach bridge Bicycle Path Improvements $1,000,000 3536 MA Cambridge Oregon Transportation Infrastructure $3,998,000 3537 OR Capitalize Bank Roadway Improvements $2,000,000 3538 MA Chelsea reduction measures in Richmond County $2,000,000.00 3539 NY Congestion River Waterfront Walkway over $1,000,000 3540 NJ Construct Hudson Long Slip Canal—-Hoboken and Jersey City Street Bridge/Amador Street Con $4,000,000 3541 CA Construct Illinois nection and Improvements, San Francisco multi-modal facility in the vicinity of $300,000.00 3542 NY Construct Brooklyn Childrens Museum Parking Facility at McGinley Square in $1,050,000 3543 NJ Construct Jersey City access road including sidewalks, $814,000 3544 OR Construction of bike lanes and railroad crossing from Highway 99W to industrial zoned property, Corvallis public awareness program to the $500,000.00 3545 NY Continuation of the subcontracting entity which was funded under Section 1212(b) of FL 105—178 about infrastructure in Lower Manhattan. project authorized under P.L. $8,000,000 3546 OR Continue bridge repair 105—178, Coos Bay ITS System in NJ, $1,000,000 3547 NJ Expand TRANSCOM Regional NY, and CT March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RICORD HOUSE H1289 High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3548 OR Extend Willamette Valley Scenic Sikeway into Lane $1,009,000 and Douglas Counties. $500,000.00 3549 NY Graffiti Elimination Program in Riverdale neighbor hood of Bronx County Street in $500,000.00 3550 NY Graffiti Elimination Program on Smith Kings County $900,000 3551 OR Great Street Trail Connection, Eugene North $1,200,000 3552 NJ Hudson County Fire & Rescue Department, Bergen: Transportation Critical Iocident Mobile Data Collection Device $1,900,000 3553 NJ Rudsun County Pedestrian Safety Improvements $3,104,000 3554 OR Hwy. 199 Safety Improvements. Josephine County $1,002,000 3555 OR Hwy. 99E/Geary Street Safety Improvements, Albany in $1 ,000 .000 .00 3556 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety Riverdale neighborhood of Bronx County and $1,250,000 3557 WA Improve Mill Plain Blvd between SE 172nd SE 192nd in Vancouver Clark, $150,000 3558 WA Improve signage along scenic highways in Skamania and Pacific counties $1,200,000 3559 OR ITS Improvements to Tripoheck, Oregon and Bicy $2,000,000 3560 NJ Jereey City 6th Street Viaduct Pedestrian cle Pathway Project Springfield $3,000,000 3561 OR Middle Fork Willamette River Path, Lane, Winston $1,495,000 35e2 OR OR 42 Hoover Hill Passing boardwalk ex $600,000 3563 OR Pedestrian improvements including tension and sidewalk construction, Port of Brook ings Harbor quality through $800,000 3564 NJ Port Reading—Improvements to air reduction of engine idling behind Rosewoud Lane related to $10,000,000 3565 OR Purchase communications equipment trafnc incident management in Linn, Benton. Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry and Josephine Cuen ties. Interchange in $1,300,000 3566 MA Reconstroctiun of the I—95/Rte. 20 Waltham Boulevard Creation $1,250,000 3567 NJ Route 440 Rehabilitation and Project in Jersey City Improvements, Boston $1,000,000 3568 MA Rutherford Avenue Drive interchange, Ath $3,000,000 3569 GA SR 10/Peters Street/Olympic ens Trafnc Flow Around a New Sta $3,000,000.00 3570 NY Study and Improve dium in Willets Point, Queens enhance bikeway between Hood $1,000,000 3571 OR To constroct and River and McCurd Creek. along East River waterfront $1,500,000.00 3572 NY To construct greenway between East River Park (ERP) and Brooklyn Bridge, and reconstruct South entrance to ERP, in Manhattan. at Eugene Depot, Eu $1,000,000 3573 OR Transportation enhancements gene Curry County $5,800,000 3574 OR U.S. 101 Slide Repair, Airport Road Intersection Improve $837,000 3575 OR U.S. Hwy. 20 and ments, Lebanon Street and Golfview Hd intereection $1,500,000.00 3576 IL Upgrade 31st and constroct parking facilities, Hrcokfield Baldwin Avenue Improvements $2,000,000 3577 NJ Weehawken Woodland $1,000,000 3578 WA Widen SR 503 through lanes and add urban features to OR 42 $3,250,000 3579 OR Widen to three from Luukingglass Creek to Glenhart, Winston pedestrian safety improvements. Main $1,200,000 3580 NY Bicycle and Street, Riverhead of Queeny Avenue from IL Rt 3 $750,000 3581 IL Construct extension to Hug Haven Road, St. Clair County to NY Route 5 from Coast $1,000,000 3582 NY Constroct improvements Guard Base to Ohio Street, including Fuhrmann Boulevard Construct Concrete Corridor between IL $1,000,000 3583 IL Extend and Rt 13 to IL Rt 15, Centreville evacuation study fur the $1,000,000 3584 NY Implement a roadway South Shore of Long Island, Mastic Dr. from NY 25/25A to Rt. 347, $900,000 3585 NY Improve Bruuksite Smithtown Lu. from Bay Ave to Bay Rd, hamlet $270,000 3586 NY Improve Clover of Brookhaven Highway, Village of $600,000 3587 NY Improve CR 80, Montauk Patchugoe Old Rd to Rt. 25, Selden $440,000 3588 NY Improve Dare Rd from Town between CR99 and $690,000 3589 NY Impruve Hospital Road Bridge CR101, Patchogue of Old Duck and Church Street, $120,000 3590 NY Improve intersection Kings Park $150,000 3591 NY Improve Maple Avenue in Smithtuwn 111290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE March 10, 2005 High Priority Projects—Continued

No. Stato Project Description Amount

3592 NY Improve Old Town Rd from Rt 347 to Slattery Rd, $420,000 Setauket 3593 NY Improve Old Willets Path from NY 454 to Rabro Dr., $1,500,000 Smithtown 3594 NY Improve Pipe Stave Hollow Rd. to Harbor Beach Rd., $250,000 Miller Place 3595 IL Reconstruction and Improvement of North Lincoln $1,970,000 Aye, O’Falloo 3596 IL Reconstroction of 2lth Street, Granite city $1,500,000 3597 IL Road Alignment from Caseyville Road to Sollivan $1,125,000 Brive, Swansea 3598 NY Road Improvements Hamlet of Medford, Town of $500,000 Brookhaven 3599 NY Road improvements, Hamlet of Gordon Heights, $430,000 Town of Brookhaven 3600 NY Road improvements, Village of Patchogoe $1,500,000 3601 NY Roadway improvements, hamlet of Mastic Beach $400,000 3602 IL Widening Fullerton Road from Metrolink to IL Rt $880,000 159, Swansea 3603 NY WLIU Public Radio Emergency and Evacuation $1,130,000 Transportation Information Initiative, Sooth- amp ton 3604 UT Reconstruct 500 West, including pedestrian and bicy $250,000 cle access, in Moab 3605 PA construct improvements to Chambers Hill Road and $1,000,000 Lindle Road (SR. 441) at its intersections with Interstate 283 and Eisenhower Boulevard 3606 PA Construct Regional Trail, Muhlenberg Township $750,000 3607 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade, Bowers Road, $206,300 Lyons Station, Berks County 3608 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade at Hill Road, $206,300 Township of Blandon, County of Berks 3609 PA Safety improvements at Liberty Street intersection $1,905,700 with PA Route 61 in W. Brunswick and N. Manheim Twp., Schuylkill County 3610 PA Replace Stossertown Bridge (Main Street) over West $500,000 Creek in Branch Township, Schuylkill Connty 3611 PA Replace bridge over Little Mahantongo Creek at $250,000 intersection of Hepler and Valley Roads in Upper Mahantongo Twp., Schoylkill Coonty 3612 PA Replace Union Street Bridge over Middle Creek in $500,000 the borough of Tremont, Schuvlkill County 3613 PA Replace Bard St. Bridge over Amtrak and Norfolk $500,000 Southern railroad tracks in the Borough of Roy alton, Dauphin County 3614 PA Hommelstown Borough, PA for intersection and pe $2,000,000 destrian realignment and drainage. 3615 MN City of Moorhead Southeast Main GSI 34th Street $2,000,000 and 1-94 interchange” 3616 MN Paynesville Highway 23 Bypass $2,000,000 3617 AR Construction of 1—530 between Pine Bluff and Wilmer $40,000,000 3618 NY Conduct study to develop regional transit strategy $100,000 in Herkimer and Oneida counties 3619 NY Improve Town weatherization capabilities on Tucker $250,000 Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 3620 NY Bedell Road improvements, Poughkeepsie, NY $130,000 3621 NY Land acquisition and improvements on Main Street, $500,000 Beacon, NY 3622 NY Construction of sidewalks in Sogar Loaf $100,000 3623 CT 1-84 Expressway Reconstruction from Waterbory to $1,500,000 Southbory 3624 DC Road and trail reconstruction and drainage improve $600,000 ments (APHCC) 3625 GA Central Hall Recreation and Multi-Use Trail, Hall $2,000,000 Coonty, GA 3626 OH Land acquisition for construction of pedestrian and $700,000 bicycle trails at Mentor Marsh in Ohio 3627 OH Design and construct road enhancements Andrews $300,000 Road and Lakeshore Blvd in Mentor on-the-Lake, OH 3628 OH Design and construct road enhancements Cleveland $2,500,000 Port Authority in Cleveland, Ohio 3629 LA Red River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center $3,000,000 3630 TN For the advancement of project development activi $2,000,000 ties fur SR—33 from Knox County Line to SR—61 at Maynardville, TN 3631 CA To convert a railroad bridge into a highway bridge $5,000,000 spanning over the Feather River between Yuba City and Marysville March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1291 In item 49 of the table contained in section In item 69 of such table, strike ‘‘$2,080,000”, In item 233 of such table, strike “$320,000’’, 3038 of the bill, strike “Hidalgo County. TX “$2,145,000”, and “$2,275,000” and insert “$330,000”, and “$350,000” and insert Regional Multi-Modal Center’ and insert “$2,320,000”, “$2,392,500”, and ‘‘$2,537,500’’, re ‘‘$960,000’’, “$990,000’’, and ‘‘$1,050,000’’, re “Yonkers, NY Trolley Bus Acquisition” and spectively. spectively. strike ‘$640,000’’, “660,000”, and “$700,000” In item 211 of such table, strike In item 111 of such table, strike and insert ‘‘$96,000’’, ‘‘$99,000’’, and ‘‘$2,880,000”, ‘‘$2,970,000’’, and ‘‘$3,150,000” and ‘$320,000,”$330,000’’, and “$350,000” and in “$105,000”, respectively. insert ‘‘$1,600,000’’, ‘‘$1,650,000”, . and sert ‘‘$640,000”, “$660,000”, and ‘‘$700,000’’, re In item 380 of such table, strike “Expand “$1,750,000”, respectively. spectively. Reduction Program of Gate In item 133 of such table, strike “$800,000’’ Diesel Emission In item number ii of such table, strike the way Cities COG” and insert “Columbiana for fiscal year 2006 and insert ‘‘$1,290,000”. project description and dollar amounts and County, OH Construct Intermodal Facility” In item 378 of such table, strike “and insert “Development of Gold Country Stage and strike ‘‘$992,000’’, “$1,023,000”, and freight access” Transit Transfer Center, Nevada County, “$1,085,000” and insert “$1,600,000”, In item 389 of such table, strike “$800,000’’. CA” and “$297,702”. “$307,006”, and ‘‘$1,650,000”, and “$1,750,000’’, respectively. “$825,000”, and ‘‘$875,000’’ and insert In item 162 of such table, strike “Browns “$960,000”, ‘‘$990,000’’, and ‘‘$1,050,000’’, re ‘‘$125,612’’. respectively. ville, TX Brownsville Ruban System City spectively. In item number 56 of such table, strike the Wide Transit Improvement Project” and in In item 61 of such table, strike “$400,000’’, project description and dollar amounts and sert “Brownsville, TX Brownsville Urban ‘‘$412,500’’, and ‘‘$437,500’’ and insert insert “Brooklyn, NY—Rehabilition of Bay System City-Wide Transit Improvement “$480,000’’, ‘‘$495,000’’, and ‘‘$525,000”, respec Ridge 86th Street Subway Station” and Project’’ and strike ‘$640,000”, ‘$660,000’’, tively, “$1,280,000’’, “$1,320,000’’, and ‘‘$1,400,000”, re and ‘‘$700,000” and insert ‘$800,000”, In item 89 of such table, strike “$256,000’’, spectively. ‘825,000’’, and “$875,000”, respectively. “$264,000’’, and ‘‘$280,000’’ and insert In item number 305 of such table, strike In item 179 of such table, strike “Albany, “$296,000”, “$305,250”, and “$323,750”, respec the project description and dollar amounts OR Construct Pathway From Multimodal tively. and insert “ftoanoke, Virginia— Intermodal Transit Station 1,0 Swanson Park” and insert In item 33 of such table. strike ‘‘$320,000’’, Facility’’ and ‘‘$64,000’’. ‘‘$66,000’, and “Cleveland, OH Construct passenger inter- “$330,000”, and ‘‘$350,000’’ and insert “$70,000”, respectively. modal center near Dock 32” and strike ‘‘$480,000”, ‘‘$495,000”, and ‘‘$525,000’’, respec In item 168 of such table. strike “Eliza “$166,400”, ‘‘$171,600’’, and “$182,000’’ and in tively. beth, NJ Broad Street Streetscape Improve sert “$275,200’’, “$283,800’’, and “$301,000’’, re In item 141 of such table, strike “$160,000’’. ments and Bus Sheltei’s” and insert “Eu spectively. ‘‘$165,000”, and ‘‘$175,000’’ and insert gene, OR Lane Transit District, Bus Rapid In item 379 of such table, strike “Ramapo, “$320,000’’, ‘‘$330,000”, and ‘‘$350,000”, respec Transit Progressive Corridor Enhance NY Transportation Safety Field Command tively. strike and Center (TSFCC)” and insert “Ramapo, NY In item 26 of such table,— ments’’, and “$224,000”,’’$231,000’’, and insert “$960,000’’. “$990,000’’, Transportation Safety Field Bus”. (1) strike “Construct” and insert “Plan, “$245,000’’ and ‘‘$3,050,000’’ In item 197 of such table, strike “Brooklyn, design, and construct” ; and NY Brooklyn Children’s Museum” and insert (2) strike “$640,000”, “$660,000”, and In item 100 of such table, strike the project “Brooklyn, NY Construct a multi-modal ‘‘$700,000” and insert “$800,000”, “$825,000’’. description and dollar amounts and insert transportation facility”. and “$875,000”, respectively. “State of Wisconsin buses and bus facilities” In item 343 of such table, strike “Brooklyn, In item 203 of Such table,— and ‘‘$5,120,000’’, “$5,280,000”, and Center” and in NY Kings County Hospital (1) insert “Construct” before “East Valley ‘‘$5,600,000”. respectively. NY Construct a multi- sert “Kings County, Metro Bus Facility”; and In item 12 of such table, strike “$320,000’’. modal transportation facility”. (2) strike ‘‘$1,600,000’’, ‘‘$1,650,000”, and ‘‘$330,000’’, “$350,000’’ and insert “$576,000’’, In item 408 of such table, strike “Brooklyn, “$1,750,000’’ and insert “$2,080,000’’, ‘‘$594,000”, and ‘‘$630,000’’ SONY Downstate Medical Center” and NY “$2,145,000’’. and ‘‘$2,275,000’’, respectively. NY Construct a multi- In item 273 of such table, strike “$288,000’’, insert “Brooklyn, In item 241 of such table, strike “$160,000”, modal transportation facility in the vicinity “$297,000”, and “$315,000’’ and insert ‘‘$165,000’’, and “$175,000’’ and insert Downstate Medical Center”. “$400,000”, “$412,500”, and ‘‘$437,500”, respec of “$960,000’’, .‘‘$990,000”. and ‘‘$1,050,000”, re In item 163 of such table, strike tively. spectively. ‘‘$2,240,000”, ‘‘$2,310,000’’, and ‘‘$2,450,000” and In item 129 of such table, strike “$640,000”, In item 106 of such table, strike ‘‘$112,000’’, insert ‘‘$1,600,000’’, “$1,650,000’’, and ‘‘$660,000”, and “$700,000” and insert “$115,500’’, and ‘‘$122,500’ and insert ‘$1, 750 .000’ respec “$1,280,000”, “$1,320,000”, and ‘‘$1,400,000’’, re ‘‘$224,000’’. ‘‘$231,000’, and ‘‘$245,000’, In item number 351 of such table, amend tively. the project description to read as follows: spectively. strike In item 304 of the such table, strike “Charlotte North Carolina—Eastland Com In item 265 of such table, ‘‘$160,000’’, and and insert ‘‘$75,000” and insert ‘‘$2,500,000’’. munity Transit Center”. ‘‘$165,000”, ‘‘$175,000’’ In item 341 of such table, insert “Foothill ‘‘$256,000”, ‘‘$264,000’’, and ‘‘$280,000’’, respec In item 229 of the such table, strike Transit” before “Park”. tively. ‘‘$75,000’’ and insert “$1,000,000’’. strike “$800,000’’, In item 296 of such table, strike ‘‘$960,000”, In item 291 of such table, In item 284 of the such table, strike the insert “$990,000’’, and ‘‘$1,050,000’’ and insert “$825,000”, and ‘‘$875,000”, and project description and dollar amounts and re “$160,000’’, ‘‘$165,000”, and “$175,000’’, respec “$920,000”, “$948,750’’, and ‘‘$1,006,250’’, insert “Cornwall, NY—Purchase Bus” and tively. spectively. the following dollar amounts, respectively: In 385 of such table, insert “Norris- In item 7 of such table, strike ‘‘$640,000’’, item ‘‘$27,840’’, “$28,710’’, and ‘‘$30,450”. and ‘‘$700,000’’ and insert town, PA-” at the beginning of the project ‘‘$660,000”, In item 163 of such table, strike “Normal, ‘‘$1,920,000’’, ‘‘$1,980,000’’, and “$2,100,000”, re description. In item 72 of such table, strike “Hammond, Illinois—Multimodal Transportation Center” spectively. and insert “Normal, Illinois—Multirnodal In item 97 of such table, strike ‘‘$640,000”, Louisiana-Passenger Intermodal facility at Transportation Center, including facilities “$660,000”, and ‘‘$700,000’’ and insert Southern University” and insert “Hammond, for adjacent public and nonprofit uses”. ‘‘$800,000’’, “$825,000’’, and ‘‘$875,000’’, respec Louisiana—Passenger Intermodal facility at tively. Southeastern University”. At the end of such table, add the following:

Project FY 06 FY07 FY08

415. Purchase Buses and construct bus fa $480,000 $495,000 $525,000 cilities in Broward County, FL. 416. Improve marine intermodal facilities in $3,000,000 $8,250,000 $8,750,000 Ketchikan. 417. Indianapolis, Indiana.—Childrens Mu $320,000 $330,000 $350,000 seum Intermodal Center. 418. Windham, New Hampshire--Construc $1,184,000 $1,221,000 $1,295,000 tion of Park and Ride Bus facility at Exit

419. Brooklyn, NY—Rehabilition of Bay $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 Ridge 86th Street Subway Station. 420. Purchase Buses and construct bus fa $640,000 $660,080 $700,000 cilities in Broward County, FL. 421. Bayamon, Puerto Ricu—Purchase of $272,000 $280,580 $297,500 Trolley Cass. H1292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE March 10, 2005

Project PY 06 FY 07 FY 08

422. C Street Expanded bus facility and $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000 intermodal parking garage, Anchnrage, AK. 423. Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors $800,000 $825,000 $875,000 Center intermodal parking facility, Fair banks, AK. 424. Sharon, PA—Bus Facility Construction $160,000 $165,000 $175,000 425. CITC Nnn-prnfit Services Center inter- $060,000 $990,000 $1,050,000 medal parking facility, Anchorage, AK. 426. Abilene, TX Vehicle replacement and $128,000 $t32,000 $140,000 facility improvements for transit system. 427. Alaska Native Medical Center inter- $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000 modal parking facility. 428. Butler, PA—Multimodal Transit Center $320,000 $330,000 $350,000 Construction. 429. Normal, Illinois—Meltimodal Trans- $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 portation Center. 430. Rochester. New York—Renaissance $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 Square transit center.

431. Erie, PA—EMTA Vehicle Acquisition ... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 432. Miami-Bade County, Florida—buses $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000 and bus facilities. 433. Centralia, Illinois—South Central Mass $128,000 $132,000 $140,000 Transit District Improvements. 434. Roanoke, VA—Bus restoration in the $80,000 $82,500 $87,500 City of Roanoke. 435. Denver, Colorado—Regional Transpor- $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 tation District Bus Replacement. 436. Intermodal facility improvements at $8,000,000 $8,250,900 $8,750,000 the Port of Anchorage. 437. American Village/Montevallo construc- $96,000 $99,000 $105,000 tion of closed loop Access Road, bus lanes and parking facility. 438. Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Regional $800,000 $825,000 $875,000 Transit Authority for maintenance facil ity improvements. 439. Central Florida Commuter Rail inter- $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000 modal facilities. 440. Ames, Iowa—Expansion of CyRide Bus $640,000 $660,000 $700,000 Maintenance Facility.

In section 1101 of the bill, strike subsection $6,947,672,000 for fiscal year 2007, $7,110,614,000 (C) PUsLic LANOS HI0IIWAY.—Por public Cs) and insert the following: for fiscal year 2008, and $7282629011 for fis lands highway under section 204 of that title, (a) IN GENERAL—The following sums are cal year 2009. $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $260,000,000 for authorized to be appropriated from the High (6) CONGEsTIoN MITIGATION ANO A5R QUALITY fiscal year 2001, $280,000,000 for fiscal year way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran IMpR0VEMgNT PR00RAM.—FOr the congestion 2006, $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, sit Account): mitigation and air quality improvement pro $290,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and PROGRAM.— (1) INTERsTATE MAINTENANOE gram under section 149 of that title, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Interstate maintenance program For the $2,469,846,000 for fiscal year 2004, $1,521,592,000 (B) REFU0E R0AOS.—For refuge roads under under 119 of title 23, United States section for fiscal year 2005, $1,559,257,000 for fiscal section 204 of that title, $20,000,000 for each of Code, $4,323,076,000 for fiscal year 2004, year 2006, $1,597,863,000 for fiscal year 2007, fiscal years 2004 throogh 2009. $4,406,153,000 fur fiscal year 2005, $4,601,932,000 $1,637,435,000 for fiscal year 2008. and (10) NATIONAL OORRIOOR INFRASTRUCTURE for fiscal year, 2006, $4,715,480,000 for fiscal $1,677,996,000 for fiscal year 2009. IMPROVEMENT PROORAM —For the national year 2007, $4,831,867,000 for fiscal year 2008, (7) APPALAONIAN OEVELOPMENT NIONWAY infrastructure improvement pro and $4,951,164,000 for fiscal year 2009. corridor SYSTEM PROORAM.—For the Appalachian de this title, (2) NATIONAL mouwAY SYsTEM—For the gram under section 1301 of velopment highway system program under National Highway System under section 103 $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $600,000,000 for section 14101 of title 40, United States Code, of that title, $5,187,691,000 for fiscal year 2004, fiscal year 2006, $600,000,000 for fiscal year for fiscal year 2004 and $470,000,000 $5,557,383,000 for fiscal year 2005, $5,705,318,000 $460,000,000 2007, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. for fiscal year 2006, $5,831,576,000 for fiscal for $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. REcREATIONAL TRAILS PR00RAM.—For year 2007, $5,971,240,000 for fiscal year 2008, (8) (11) C0OROINATEO SOROER INFRASTRUCTURE recreational trails program under sec and $6,111,396,000 for fiscal year 2009. the PROGRAM—For the coordinated border infra title 23, United States Code, (3) BRIOCE PROGRAM—For the bridge pro tion 206 of structure program onder section 1302 of this for fiscal year 2004, $70,000,000 for gram under section 144 of that title, $53,000,000 title, $209,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year $3,709,440,000 for fiscal year 2004, $3,942,176,000 $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $200,000,000 for for fiscal year 2007, for fiscal year 2005, $4,037,231,000 for fiscal 2006, $90,000,000 fiscal year 2007, $200,000,000 for fiscal year $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and year 2006, $4,134,661,000 for fiscal year 2007, 2008, and $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. $4,234,528,000 for fiscal year 2008, and (12) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL ANO REGIONAL (9) FEORRAL LANOS HIONWAYS PROORAM.— $4,336,891,000 for fiscal year 2009. SIGNIFIcANcE PROORAM.—FOr the projects of (A) IN0IAN RESERVATION ROA0S.—FOr In (41 HinewAy 5AFE’ry IMpROvEMENT PRO national and regional significance program improvement dian reservation roads under section 204 of 0RAM.—For the highway safety under section 1204 of this title, $1,100,000,000 and 152 of that title 23, United States Code, $225,000,000 for program under sections 130 for fiscal year 2005, $1,100,000,000 for fiscal title, $630,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, fiscal year 2004, $365,000,000 for fiscal year year 2006, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, for fiscal year 2006, $660,000,000 for 2005, $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $645,000,000 $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and fiscal year 2007, $680,000,000 for fiscal year $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $420,000,000 for $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 2008, and $695,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Of fiscal year 2008, and $420,000,000 for fiscal (13) NATIONAL SCENIC SYWAYS PROGRAM.— such funds ½ per fiscal year shall be avail year 2009. For the national scenic byways program able to carry out section 130 and ½ shall be (B) PARE ROAOS ANO PARE WAYS—For park onder section 162 of title 23, United States available to carry out section 152. roads and parkways roads under section 204 Code, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, (5) SURFAcE TRANSPORTATION PROORAM.— of that title, $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, for For the surface transportation program $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $200,000,000 for $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $41,000,000 under section 133 of that title, $6,052,306,000 fiscal year 2006, $215,000,000 for fiscal year fiscal year 2006, $55,000,000 for fiscal year for fiscal year 2004, $6,950,614,000 for fiscal 2007, $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 2007, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and year 2005, $6,788,704,000 for fiscal year 2006, $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1293

(14) DEPLOYMENT OF 511 TRAVELER INFORMA “(2) COMMONWEALTh OF PUERTO RICO HIGH toxicated persons under section 103 of this TION PROGRAM—For the Sil traveler informa WAY PROGRAM—Whenever an apportionment title $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 tion program under section 1204(c)(7) of this is made of the sums made available for ex and 2005. title, $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 penditure on the National Highway System “(10) TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND through 2009. under section 103 for a fiscal year, the 5cc- SYS’rEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM—Whenever (15) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM.— retary shall set aside for the Commonwealth an apportionment is made of the sums made For the high priority projects program under of Puerto Rico highway program under sec available for expenditure on the surface section 117 of title 23, United States Code, tion 1214(r) of the Transportation Equity Act transportation program under section 133 for $2,496,450,000 for fiscal year 2005, 52,244,550,000 for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 209), a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside for fiscal year 2006, $2,143,250,000 for fiscal $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $125,000,000 for for the transportation and community and year 2007, $2,192,450,000 for fiscal year 2008, fiscal year 2005, $130,000,000 for fiscal year system preservation program under section and $2,050,450,000 for fiscal year 2009. 2006, $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act for the (16) FREIGHT INTERMODAL CONNECTOR PRO $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note) $25,000,000 GRAM—For the freight intermodal connector $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, for fiscal year 2004, $30,000,000 for fiscal year program under section 1303 of this title, “(3) DEPLOYMENT OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION 2005, 535,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $35,000,001 5421 .000,000 for fiscal year 2005, 5421,000,000 for TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Whenever an ap for fiscal year 2007, and $35,000,000 for each of fiscal year 2006, 5421,000,000 for fiscal year portionment is made of the sums made avail fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 2007, 5421,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and able for expenditure on the National High In section 1103 of the bill, strike subsection $426,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. way System under section 103 for a fiscal (f) (as so redesignated), relating to the Puer (27) Hiou RISK RURAL ROAD SAFETY IM year, the Secretary shall set aside for car to Rico highway program, and insert the fol PROVEMENT PROGRAM—For the high risk rying out section 1117 of the Transportation lowing: rural road safety improvement program Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, relating to (0 PUERTO RICO HIOHWAY PROORAM.—Sec under section 1403 of this title, $105,000,000 deployment of magnetic levitation transpor lion 1214(r) of the Transportation Equity Act for fiscal year 2005, $110,000,000 for fiscal year tation projects, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 209; 117 Stat. 2006, $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 1114; 118 Stat. 1149) is amended— $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. and through 2009, (1) in paragraph (1) by striking “authorized 5130,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. ‘(4) CONGEsTION PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.— by section 110l(a)(15) for each of fiscal years (18) PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST EQUITY—SAFE Whenever an apportionment is made of the 1998 through 2005’’ and inserting “set aside ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM—For the safe sums made available for expenditure on the by section 104(m)(2) of title 23, United States routes to school program under section congestion mitigation and air quality im Code, for each of fiscal years 2004 through 1120(a) of this title, $175,000,000 for fiscal year provement program under section 149 for a 2009”; and 2005, 5200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside for (2) in paragraph (2) by striking “made $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $200,000,000 for the congestion pricing pilot program under available by section )101(a)(15) of this Act” fiscal year 2008, and $225,000,000 for fiscal section 1209 of the Transportation Equity and inserting “set aside by section 104(m)(2) year 2009. Act: A Legacy for Users $15,000,000 for fiscal of title 23. United States Code,’’. In section 1103(a)(l) of the bill, strike the year 2004, 515,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, Strike section 1104 of the bill and insert matter proposed to be inserted as section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $15,000,000 for the following: 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, and fiscal year 2007, $15,000,000 for fiscal year SEC. 1104. MINIMUM GUARAr4’rEE. insert the following: 2008, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. (a) GENERAL RULE—Section 105(a) of title “U) DEDUCTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EX “(5) HIGHWAYS FOR LIFE PROGRAM—When 23, United States Code, is amended— PENSES—Whenever an apportionment is ever an apportionment is made of the sums (1) by striking “1998 through 2003” and in made of the sums made available for expend made available for expenditure on the Inter serting “2004 through 2009’’; iture on the surface transportation program state maintenance program under section 119 (2) by striking “and recreational trails” under section 133 for a fiscal year, the Sec for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set and inserting “recreational trails, coordi retary shall deduct $390,000,000 for fiscal year aside for the Highways for LIFE program nated border infrastructure, freight inter- 2004, $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, under section 1504 of the Transportation Eq modal connectors, safe routes to school, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $395,000,000 for uity Act: A Legacy for Users $55,000,000 for highway safety improvement, and high risk fiscal year 2007, $395,000,000 for fiscal year fiscal year 2005 and $60,000,000 for each of fis rural road safety improvement”; and 2008, and 5400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. cal years 2006 through 2009. (3) by inserting “(other than subsection In the matter proposed to he inserted as “(6) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND (g))’’ after “under this section”. section 104(a)(2) of title 23, United States FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES—Whenever an (b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS—Section 105(c)(l) Code, by section 1103(a)(l) of the bill, strike apportionment is made of the sums made of such title is amended— “authorized to be appropriated” and insert available for expenditure on the National (I) by striking “$2,800,000,000” and insert “deducted”. Highway System under section 103 for a fis ing “$2,870,000,000 in fiscal year 2004, In section 1103(a) of the bill— Cal year, the Secretary shall set aside for 52,941,750,000 in fiscal year 2005, 53,015,293,750 (1) insert “and’’ after the semicolon at the construction of ferry boats and ferry ter in fiscal year 2006. $3,090,676,094 in fiscal year end of paragraph (1); and minal facilities under section 165 of this title 2007, 53,167,942,996 in fiscal year 2008, and (2) strike paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $70,010,000 for $3,247,141,571 in fiscal year 2009’’; and the following: fiscal year 2005. $75,000,000 for fiscal year (2) by striking “and recreational trails” (2) in paragraph (4) by striking “and the 2006, 575,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $75,001,000 each place it appears and inserting “rec Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra for fiscal year 2008, and $75,000,000 for fiscal reational trails, coordinated border infra tion”, year 2009. structure, freight intermodal connectors, the bill— In section 1103(d) of “(7) ITS DEpLOyMENT—Whenever an appor safe routes to school, highway safety im paragraphs (1) and (2) as (1) redesignate tionment is made of the sums made available provement, and high risk rural road safety respectively; paragraphs (2) and (3), for expenditure on the surface transpor improvement”. (2) (as so redes (2) insert before paragraph tation program under section 133 for a fiscal (c) AUTHORIZATION.—SectiOn 105(d) of such ignated) the following: year, the Secretary shall set aside for car title is amended by striking “1998 through striking ‘‘set-aside (1) in subsection (b) by rying out sections 5208 and 5209 of the Trans 2003” and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2009”. “ and inserting authorized by subsection (U portation Equity Act for the 21st Century (d) SPECIAL RULE—Section 105(e) of such authorized by subsections (I’) and “set-asides (112 Stat. 458; 112 Stat. 460), 5100,000,000 for title is amended to read as follows: any (rn)’; each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005. “(e) SPECIAL RULE—Notwithstanding In section 1103 of the bill— in any of “(8) SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR USE OF other provision of this section, it, (1) redesignate subsections (d) and (e) as highest SEAT BELTS—Whenever an apportionment is fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the subsections (e) and (f) respectively; and made of the sums made available for expend quotient obtained by dividing— (2) insert after subsection (c) the following: share of the total iture on the surface transportation program “(1) a State’s percentage (d) SET-ASIDEs-—Section 104 of such title is section 133 for a fiscal year, the Sec apportionments for such fiscal year for pro amended by adding at the end the following: under set aside for safety incentive grams referred to in subsection ‘(rn) SET-ASIDES.— retary shall belts under section 157 ‘(1) HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROGRAM.— grants for use of seat each fiscal Whenever an apportionment is made of the of this title $112,000,000 for of sums made available for expenditure on the years 2004 and 2005. National Highway System under section 103 ‘(9) SAFETY INCENTIVES TO PREVENT OPER for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set ATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY INTOXICATED aside for highway use tax evasion projects PERSONS—Whenever an apportionment is under section 143 of this title $12,000,000 for made of the sums made available for expend fiscal year 2004, $30,000,000 for fiscal year iture on the surface transportation program 2005, 530,000.000 for fiscal year 2006, $20,000,000 under section 133 for a fiscal year, the Sec for fiscal year 2007, $10,000,000 for fiscal year retary shall set aside for safety incentives to 2008, and 57,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. prevent operation of motor vehicles by in- 111294 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE Marc/i 10., 2005 SEC. SAFETY INCENTIVE GItANTS FDR USE subsection for such State, and percentage the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 1405. (fl DF SEAT BELTS. referred to in subsection (b) for sucb State Mass Tranzit Account) such sums as may be Section 157(g) of title 23, United States shall be excluded from the computations re necessary to carry out this subsection. is amended— quired in subsection (f). (5) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made Code, by inserting “and” (e) GUARANTEED SPECIFIED RETURN—Sec available to carry out this subsection shall (1) in paragraph (1) tion 105W of sech title is alnended— be available for obligation in the same man after “2002,”; by striking “2003,” and (1) in the subsection heading by striking ner as if such funds were apportioned under (2) in paragraph (1) through “2005” and inserting “OF 90.5” and inserting “SPECIFIED”; and chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. all that follows (2) in paragraph (1) by striking “1999 In section 1115 of the bill, after subsection ‘‘2003’’; through 2003” and inserting “2004 through (c) insert the following (and redesignate sub (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting “or set Section 2009”. section (d) as subsection (e)); aside for fiscal year 2004 or 2005 under (1) EQUITY ADJUSTMENT—SeCtiOn 105 of (d) SET-ASIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRA t04(m)(8)’ after “paragraph (1)”; such title is further amended by adding at STRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION Acr.— (4) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking “2005’’ the end the following: Section 144(g) of such title is amended by and inserting “2003”; and “(g) EQUITY ADJUSTMENT.— adding at the end the following: (5) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting “or the “U) IN GENERAL—For each of fiscal years “(4) TRANSPORTATION INFRA5TR0L”ruRE FI amounts set aside for any of fiscal years 2004 2004 through 2009. after making the alloca NANCE AND INNOVATION ACT.—Whenever an and 2005 under section 104(m)(8)” after “para tions under subsection (a), the Secretary apportionment is made under subsection (e) graph (1)”. bill, the shall allocate among the States additional of the sums made available for carrying nut In section 1601(g) of the strike as section 188 amounts sufficient to ensure that no State the bridge program under this section for a matter proposed to be inserted and the receives an allocation under this subsection fiecal year, the Secretary shall set aside of title 23, United States Code, insert is and subsection (a) that in the aggregate $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $140,000,000 following; less than the amount the State would have fur each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to “9 188. Speciel rules high pri received under subsection (a) had carry out chapter 6 of title 23, United Statue “(a) AVAILABILITY—Amounts made avail among the ority projects nut been included Code.”. able to carry out this chapter shall remain in subsection (a). list of programs referred to fn section 1116 of the bill, strike subsection available until expended. Any such additional allocations shall be ex (a) and redesignate subsequent subsections “(b) ADMINISTRATIVE CoSTS—From funds cluded from the computations required in accordingly. made available to carry nut this chapter, the subsection (f). In section 1116(a) (as zo redesignated), Secretary may use, for the administration of “(2) RATE OF RETURN—For each of fiscal strike “of such Act” and insert “of the this subchapter, not more than $3,000,000 for years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009. allocate among the States amounts suffi tury (23 U.S.C. lot note; 112 Stat. 223; 118 “(C) LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT AMOUNTS—For cient to ensure that, for the aggregate of Stat. 879; 118 Stat. 1149)”. each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, prin funds distributed under subsection (a), para In section 1117 of the bill, strike sub cipal amounts of Federal credit instrnments graph (1) of this subsection, and this para sections (d) and (u). made available under this chapter ehall be graph, the rate of return, as defined in sub In section 1121(a)(3)(A) of the bill, strike limited to $2,600,000,000.’’. section (0(1), is not lees than 90.5. The spe “and (C)” and insert “, (C), and (D)”. In Section 1406 of the bill, strike eubzection cial rule in subsection (e) shall not apply to In section ll2l(a)(3)(C) of the bill, strike (b) and insert the following; the calculation made under this paragraph.”. the subparagraph designation and heading (b) AOTHORIZATIuN OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (g) CONFORMINO AMENDMENTS.— and insert the following; Section 163(0(1) of such title, as redesignated (1) SECTION 131.—SeCtion 131(m) of title 23, (C) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMI.NISTRATIVE EX by eubsection (a)(l) of this section, is amend United States Code, ia amended by striking PENSES.— ed— “in accordance with the program of projects In section 112)(a)(3) of the bill, after sub (1) by inserting ‘‘and” after “2002,”; and and insert re approval process of section 105” paragraph (C), insert thu following (and (2) by striking ‘‘, $110,000,000 for fiscal year ing “in accordance with the approval process designate thu subsequent subparagraph ac 2004” and all that follows through “2005”. of section 106”. cordingly); In section 1406 of the bill, add at the end (2) SECTION 141.—SeCtion 140 of such title is (D) SET-ASIDE FOR NONMOTORISED PILOT the following; amended— PROORAM.—Before apportioning amounts (d) CONFORMINO AMENDMENT—Section (A) in subsection (a) by striking “programs made available to carry out this subsection 163(0(2) of such title, as redesignated by sub for projects aa pruvided for in subsection (a) under this paragraph and the set-aside under section (a)(1) of thie section, is amended by of section 105 of this title’’ and inserting subparagraph (C) for a fiscal year, the Sec inserting after “by this subsection’’ the fol “project under this chapter”; and retary shall set aside for the nonmotorized lowing; “and the funds set aside to carry out (B) in subsection (c) by striking “sub pilot program under subsection (b) of this this Section”. section 104(h)(3) of this title’’ and inserting section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 In section 1602(c) of the bill, strike the “section 104(b)(3)’’. through 2009. item relating to section 608 (relating to lund (h) SCOPE ADJUSTMENT.— In section 1121(b) of the bill, strike para ing) and insert the following; (1) DETERMINATION OF SET-ASIDE—Before graph (4) and redesignate the subsequent “608. Special rules. allocating funds provided to carry out the paragraphs accordingly. In each nf sections 1102(c)(4) and 1102(c)(5) (3)” the program under section 1301 of this Act, the In section 1303(e) of the bill, before “, the of the bill, insert after “paragraph Secretary shall set aside an amount suffI Secretary” insert “after the deductions following; “or 0.932 in any case in which such cient to ensure that the quotient obtained by under subsection (i)’. ratio is less than 0.932 (except that the high dividing— At the end of suction 1303 of the bill, insert er ratio shall not apply to the program under (A) the sum nf— the following; section 14501 of title 40, United States (i) the amounts authorized for the pro (i) DEDUCTIONS.— Code)”. grams identified in section 105(a) of title 23, (1) FREIOIIT INTERMODAL DISTRIBUTION PILOT In section 1114(a) of the bill, redesignate United Statue Code, ORANT PRO0RAM.—Whenever an apportion paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (2), insert before (ii) the amounts authorized under section ment is made of the sums made available for (3), and (4), respectively, and the fol 105(g) of such title, and Carrying out this section for a fiscal year, paragraph (2) (as en redesignated) (iii) the amount apportioned under this the Secretary shall deduct $6,000,000 for uach lowing; section, by of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for the (1) in subsection (c)U) by striking “2003’’ (B) the total contract authority authorized freight intermodal distribution pilot grant and inserting “2005”; bill, strike subsection for the Federal-aid highway program, program under section 1307 of this Act. In section 1114 of the equals 0.926. (2) DEDICATED TRUCE LANES—Whenever an (e) and insert the following; DATE.—The amendments (2) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS—The amount apportionment is made of the sums made (e) EFFECTIVE (2) through (4) of sub set aside under paragraph U) shall be added available for Carrying out this section for a made by paragraphs by subsection (b) shall take to the amount authorized for the Surface fiscal year, the Secretary shall deduct for section (a) and 30, 2105. Transportation Program under Section dedicated truck lanes under section 1305 nf effect on September matter proposed to be inserted as 104(b)(3)(a) of title 23 U.S. Code and shall be this title $165,000,000 for each of fiscal years In the 202(d)(3) of title 23, United States included in the calculation of minimum 2005 through 2008 and $170,000,090 for fiscal section section 1119(a) of the bill, insert guarantee under section 105(a) of such title. year 2009. Code, by subparagraph (C) the following (and re (3) RESTORATIoN—The Secretary shall In aectiun 1305 of the bill— after subsequent subparagraphe accord make available such sums as may be nec (1) in subsection (e) insert a comma after designate essary to restore to the funds made available ‘‘In thie Section’’; ingly); SECRETARY to Carry nut the program under section 1301 (2) strike subsection (d); and “(D) an amount equal to the amount set aside (3) redesignate subsection (e) as subsection under paragraph (I). (d). (4) AUTNORIZATION OF APPROPRI.ATIONS.— Strike section 1405 of the bill and insert There is authorized to be appropriated out of the fullowing; March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1295 bridge, parkway, or transit project under “(1) IN 0ENERAL.—The Secretary shall en in subsection (c)(57) is designated as Inter subparagraph (A) that is located on an In sure that a worker who is employed on a re state Route 1—41.”. dian reservation or provides access to the mote project for the construction of a high SEC. 1839. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BAL reservation or a community of the Indian way or portion of a highway located on a ANCES. tribe. Federal-aid system in the State of Alaska (a) IN GENERAL.—On September 30, 2009, In section 1119 of the bill, redesignate sub and who is not a domiciled resident of the lo $12,000,000,000 of thu unobligated balances of sections (c), Cd), and (e) as subsections Ce), cality shall receive meals and lodging. funds apportioned before such date to the (f), and (g), respectively, and insert after sub “(2) L000INO.—The lodging under para States for the Interstate maintenance, na section (b) the following: graph (1) shall be in accordance with section tional highway system, bridge, congestion (c) BIA A0MINI5TRATIvE EXPENsEs—Sec 19t0.l42 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula mitigation and air quality improvement, tion 202(d)(2) of such title is further amended tions (relating to temporary labor camp re surface transportation (other than the STP by adthng at the end the following: quirements). set-aside programs), metropolitan planning, “(F) ADHINI5TRATrVE EXPENsEs—Of the “(3) PER DIEM.— minimum guarantee, Appalachian develop funds authorized to be appropriated for In “(A) IN OENERAL.—Contractors are encour ment highway system, recreational trails, dian reservation roads, $27,000,000 fur fiscal aged to use commercial facilities and lodges safe routes to school, freight intermudal con year 2006, $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, on remote projects, but, if such facilities are nectors, coordinated border infrastructure, $29,000,000 fur fiscal year 2008, and $30,000,000 not available, per diem in lieu of room and high risk rural road, and highway safety im for fiscal year 2009 may he used by the Sec lodging may be paid on remote Federal high provement programs, and each of the STP retary of the Interior for program manage way projects at a basic rate of $75.00 per day set-aside programs, is rescinded. (b) AHONu Sec ment oversight and project-related adminis or part thereof the worker is employed on ALLOCATION STATES—The retary shall share trative expenses.”. the project. If the contractor provides or fur determine each State’s of the to rescinded by subsection (a) Cd) BRInGE PREcON5TR0cTION Ac’rlviTxEs nishes room and lodging or pays a per diem, amount be on September 30, 2009, by multiplying Et,iurninrry.—Section 202(d)(4)(B) of such the cost of the amount shall not be consid $12,000,000,000 the ratio of the aggregate title is amended by adding at the end the fol ered a part of wages, but shall be excluded by amount appurtionud to such State for fiscal lowing: “Of the amount reserved under this therefrom. years 2004 through 2009 for all the programs paragraph for a fiscal year, not more than 15 ‘(B) SECRETARY OF LAN0R.—Such per diem referred to in subsection (a) to the aggregate percent may be used for preconstruction ac rate shall be adopted by the Secretary of amount apportioned to all States for such tivities, such as engineering and design.”. Labor for all applicable remote Federal high fiscal years fur those programs. At the end of subtitle C of title I of the way projects in Alaska. (c) CALCULATIONS—TO determine the allo bill, insert the folllowing (and conform the diem shall not he al “(C) EXCEPTION—Per cation of the amount to be rescinded for a table of contents of the bill): of the following remote lowed on any State under eubauctiun (b) among thu pro SEC. 1307, FREIGIrr INTERMODAL OISTItIBUTION the construction of a highway or projects for grams referred to in subsection (a), the Sec PILOT GRANT PROGRAM. a located on a Federal- portion of highway retary shall make the following calculations: (a) IN GENERAL..—The’ Secretary shall es aid system: (1) The Secretary shalt multiply such tablish and implement a freight intermodal on the Elliot High ‘(i) West of Livengood amount to be rescinded by the ratio that the distribution pilot grant program. way. aggregate amount of unobligated funds (b) PURPOsEs—The purposes of the pro Dalton Highway to the “Ui) Mile 0 on the available to the State on September 30, 2009, gram established under subsection (a) shall north of Mile 20 on North Slope of Alaska; for each such program bears to the aggregate be— Highway. the Taylor amount of unobligated funds available to thu (1) to facilitate and support intermodal East Chicken on the Top of the “(iii) of State on September 30, 2009, for all such pro freight transportation initiatives at the World Highway and south of Tutlin Junction State and local levels to relieve congestion grams. to the Alaska Canadian border. (2) Thu Secretary shall multiply such and improve safety: and this subsection, thu “(4) DEFINITIONs—In amount to be rescinded by the ratio that the (2) to provide capital funding to address in definitions apply: following aggregate of the amount apportioned to the frastructure and freight distribution needs ‘remote’, as used “(A) REMOTE—The term State for each such program for Oecal years at inland ports and intermudal freight facili project, means that thu with respect to a 2004 through 2009 bears to the aggregate ties. or more from the United project is 65 miles amount apportioned to the State for all Such (c) SELEcTIoN PROcEsS.— An States Poet Office in either Fairbanks or for years 2004 through 2009. (1) APPLICATIONS—A State shall submit an programs fiscal chorage, Alaska, or is inaccessible by road in (d) ALLOCATION AHONO PROuRAMS.— application to the Secretary containing such a 2-wheel drive vehicle. (1) IN uENERAL.—The Secretary, in con information as the Secretary may require to “(H) RESIDENT—The term ‘resident’, as sultation with the State, shall rescind for receive funding under this section. used with respect to a project, means a per the State from each program referred to in (2) PRIORITY.—--In selecting projects to be son living within 65 miles of the midpoint of subsection (a) the amount determined for the funded under the pilot program, the Sec the project for at least 12 consecutive program under subsection (c)(1). retary shall give priority to projects that months prior to thu award of the project.”. (2) SPECIAL RuLE.— will— In, suction 1822(8) strike “and” the last (A) RESTORATION OF FUNDS FOE covERED (A) reduce congestion into and out of inter place it appears. PROuRAM5.—If the rescission calculated national ports located on the west coast of In section 1822 of the bill, after paragraph under subsection (c)(l) for a covered program the United States: (3), insert the following: exceeds the amount calculated fur the cov (B) demonstrate ways to increase the like (4) in item number 566 by striking ered program under subsection (c)(2), the lihood that freight container movements in “Prunedale Hypaes” and inserting “improve State shall immediately restore to the ap volve freight containers carrying goods; and ments to Prunedale”; portionment account for the covered pro (C) establish or expand inturmodal facili (5) in item number 744 by striking ‘‘Pre gram from the unubligated balances of pro ties that encourage the development of in liminary” and all that follows through grams referred to in aubsectiun (a) (other land freight distribution centers. “Fitchburg” and inserting “Design, con than covered programs) the amount of funde Cd) ELIOIBLE PROJEcTS—Funds made avail struction or reconstruction, and right of way required so that the net rescission from thu able under this section shall be used by the acquisition fur roadway improvements along covered program does not exceed the amount recipient for projects described in an applica the Route 12 corridor in Leominetur and calculated for the covered program under tion approved by the Secretary. Such Fitchburg to enhance access from Route 2 to subsection (c)(2). projects shall help relieve congestion, im North Leominster and downtown Fitch TREATMENT OF RESTORED FUNDS—Any prove transportation safety, facilitate inter (B) burg”; funds restored under subparagraph (A) shall national trade, and encourage public-private Redesignate subsequent paragraphs of sec be to be the funds that were re partnership. Such projects may include de deemed tion 1822 accordingly. acinded for veloping and constructing intermudal freight At thu end of title I of the bill, insert the distribution and transfer facilities at inland following (and conform the table of contents ports. accordingly): (e) TREATMENT OF PRoJEcTs—Notwith standing any other provision of law, projects SEC. 1838. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEG ON THE INTERSTATE SYS assisted under this section shall be treated MENTS TEM. as projects on a Federal-aid system under Sur such chapter. Section H05(e)(5) of thu lntermodal In section 1809 of the bill, strike subsection face Tranapnrtation Efficiency Act of 1991 (d) and insert the following: (105 Stat. 2032; 118 Stat. 293) is amended— (d) CONSTRUCTION WORE IN ALASKA—Sec (I) in subparagraph (A) by striking “and tion 114 of title 23, United States Code, is subsection (c)(45)” and inserting “subsection amended by adding at the end of the fol (c)(45), and subsection (c)(57)”; and lowing: (2) by adding the following at the end of ‘(c) CONsTRucTION WORE IN ALASKA.— subparagraph (H)(i): “The route referred to 111296 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 (f) STP SET-ASIDE PROGRAM DEFINED—In of driving under the influence of an illegal 3010(d) of the bill, after ‘‘$25,000,000,” insert the following: “and the total estimated net this section, the term • ‘STE set-aside pro drug; gram’ means the amount set aside under (B) an assessment of the status of drug im capital cost of the project is less than section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, paired driving laws in the United States; $200,000,000,”. for each of the safety programs, transpor (C) a review of the compound effects of al In the matter proposed to be inserted as tation enhancement activities, and division cohol and controlled substances on impair section 5317(c)(3)(A)(i) of title 49, United between urbanized areas of over 200,000 popu ment; States Code, by section 3018(a) of the hilt, lation and other areas. (B) the role of drugs as a causal factor in strike “in other than urhanized areas of the At the end of title II of the bill, insert the traffic crashes; State”. following: (H) an assessment of new research and In section 3023(g)(5), strike the subpara SEC. 2e13. DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVTNG ENFORCE technologies developed in the area of drug graph designation and heading for subpara MENT. detection for dreg-impaired driving enforce graph (B) and insert the following: (a) SNORT TITLE—This section may be ment, including noninvasive methods of de (B) DEFINITIONs.— cited as the “Drug Impaired Driving Re tection; In section 3023(g)(5)(B)— it ap search and Prevention Act”. (F) recommendations for addressing the (1) strike ‘‘the term” the first place (b) DEFINITIONS—In this section, the fol problem of driving under the influence of an pears and insert “the terms”; lowing definitions apply: illegal drug, including recommendations on (2) insert “,‘negotiated procurement’, and (1) CONTROLLED supsTANcg.—The term levels of impairment; ‘contractor’ “ before “for purposes of”; and term” the second place it “controlled substance” includes substances (U) a State-by-State review of drug rec (3) strike “the listed in schedules I through V of section ognition expert programs and recommenda appears and insert “the terms” section 3023(g)(5), insert the 112(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 tions fur enhancing those programs through At the end of U.S.C. 812(e)). the training and utilization of drug recogni following: wAIvERs—To permit a (2) DRuu RECOGNITION ExpERT—The term tion experts; and (C) POST-AWARD grantee to a non-availability waiver “drug recognition expert” means an indi (H) recommendations for developing a request Buy America requirements under vidual trained in a spociCc evaluation proce model statute relating to drug-impaired from the Code of Federal Reg dure that enables the person to determine driving. section 661.7c of title 49, contract award in any case in whether an individual is under the inCuence (g) FuNDING—Out of amounts appropriated ulations, after contractor has made a certifi of drugs and then to determine the type of to carry out section 403 of title 23, United which the with the requirements drug causing the observable impairment. States Code, for fiscal years 2006 through cation of compliance (c) MODEL STATuTE.— 2009, the Secretary shall use $1,200,000 per fis in good faith. de UNDER NEGOTIATED PRO (1) IN GENERAL—The Secretary shall cal year to carry out this section. (D) CERTIFICATION statute for States relating to cuREMENT PROCESS—In any case in which a velop a model SEC. 2014. TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL drug impaired driving. CHILDREN. negotiated procurement process is used, statute shall in compliance with the Buy America require (2) CONTENTs—The model The third sentence of section 402(a) of title ments shall be determined on the basis of the clude— 23, United States Code, is amended— levels of impairment for a certification submitted with the final offer. (A) threshold (1) by striking “and” before “(6)”; and substance; At the end of section 3023, add the fol controlled (2) by inserting before the period at the end (B) practicable methods for detecting the lowing: the following: “, and (7) to prevent use of any substances; and (i) GOvERNMENT SNARE OF CosTs FOR CER presence of controlled motor vehicle designed to transport between drug impaired driving. TAIN PROJEcTs—Section 53230) is amended— (C) penalties for 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver) for model statute (1) by striking “(including clean fuel or al (3) REcOMMENDATIONs—The the transportation of children to and from the recommendations con ternative fuel vehicle-related equipment)”; shall be based on school and events related to school”. the report submitted under sub and tained in STATE EMERGgNGy MEDtCAL SEC. 2ess. RURAL (1) by inserting ‘‘or facilities’’ after “equip section (f). SERVICES OPTIMIZATION PILOT each place it occurs. (4) DATE.—The model statute should be PROGRAM. ment” later than 1 year after (j) ALTERNATIVE FUELING FAc5LITIE5.—Sec- provided to States no (a) IN GENERAL—FrOm funds made avail sub tion 5323 is futher amended by adding at the submission of the report contained in carry out section 403 of title 23, able to end the following: section (f). fur fiscal year 2006, the United States Code, ‘(p) ALTERNATIVE FGELINO FAcILITIEs—A (d) RE5EARcN AN DgvgLopMENT.—-Sectiun to Secretary shall make $1,008,000 available under this chapter 403(b) of title 23, United States Code, is recipient of assistance conduct a pilot program for optimiaing Federally amended by adding at the end the following: may allow the incidental use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in a and “(5) New technology to detect drug use. funded alternative fueling facilities rural State. entities and “(6) Research and development to improve equipment by nontransit public (b) COLLECTING DATA.—The pilot program technology, including toxicology lab private entities if— testing shall focus on collecting geo-coded data fur and field test mechanisms to en ‘(1) the incidental use does not interfere resources highway accidents and resulting injuries, evidence in with the recipient’s public transportation able States to process toxicology develop injury patterns analyzing data to operations; a more timely manner. improving placement and distributions, and ‘‘(2) all costs related to the incidental use “(7) Determining per se unlawful impair per and management of EMS resources and by recipient from ment levels for controlled substances and the are fully recaptured the sonnel. enti effects of alcohol and controlled the nontransit public entity or private compound (c) SELECTION—The Secretary shall enter impairment to facilitate en ty; substances on into an agreement with the State of Alaska impaired driving ‘‘(3) the recipient uses revenues received forcement of per se drug pilot program. to conduct the from the incidental use in excess of costs for laws. Research under this paragraph shall be months (d) REPORT—Not later than 12 under this chapter; and carried out in collaboration with the Na eligible projects after the completion of the pilot program, applicable ex on Drug Abuse of the Na “(4) private entities pay all tional Institute the Secretary shall transmit to the Com tional Institutes of Health.”. cise taxes on fuel.”. mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure proposed to be in (e) DuTIES—The Administrator of the Na At the end of the matter of the House of Representatives and the 49, United tional Highway Traffic Safety Administra serted in section 5325 of title Committee on Commerce, Science, and of the bill, tion shall— States Code, by section 3025(a)(1) Transportation of the Senate a report on the and the (1) advise and coordinate with other Fed strike the closing quotation marks results of the pilot program and rec eral agencies on how to address the problem final period and insert the following: ommendations for application to other rural REQuIREMENTs—NO State of driving under the influence of an illegal ‘(i) Bus DEALER States. be purchased through drug; and law requiring buses to SEC. 20W. STATE APPORTIONMENTS. apply to vehicles pur (2) conduct research on the prevention, de in-State dealers shall of the title 23, United States this chapter. tection. and prosecution of driving under the Section 402(c) chased with a grant under by striking “The annual 3037(a)(l0), strike ‘‘$20,000,000” influence of an illegal drug. Code, is amended In section shalt not he (f) REPORT.— apportionment to each State and insert “$24,084,000”. centum” and in (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months less than one-half of 1 per to each after the date of enactment of this Act, the sert “The annual apportionment of National Institutes of Health shall submit to State shall not be less than three-quarters the Secretary and to Congress a report on 1 percent”. inserted as the problem of drug-impaired driving. In the matter proposed to be (2) CONTENTs—The report shall include— section 5308(d) of title 49, United States “35’’ (A) a description of the extent of the prob Code, by section 3009 of the bill, strike lem of driving under the influence of an ille and insert ‘‘25’’. gal drug in each State and any available in )n the first sentence of the matter pro formation relating thereto, including a de posed to be inserted as section 5309(d)(l) of scription of any laws relating to the problem title 49, United States Code, by section March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1297

() Alameda, california—Fixed Guide- check similar to the background records “(A) INITIAL FRICE.—For the period begin way corridor Project. check required of operators of commercial ning on the date of enactment of this section Strike section 3037(c)(7) and insert the fol motor vehicles licensed in the United States and coding immediately before the effective lowing: to transpurt hazardous materials. date of the first adjusted Benchmark Price () Atlanta—West Line 1—20 corridor In section 4113(b) of the bill, insert before under subparagraph (B), the Benchmark Project. the closing quotation marks the following: Price shall be $1.10 per gallon of diesel fuel. In section 3037(c)(.10), strike ‘‘Regional’’ “31162. Operators registered in Mexico and “(B) SU5SEQUENT ADJUSTMENTS.—Dnring and insert “Urban”. Canada. each calendar year subsequent to the cal In section 3037(c)(l1), strike ‘‘Baltimore In section 4129 uf the bill, strike “State li endar year of enactment of this section, the Light Rail System Extensions” and insert censed” and all that follows through the Secretary of Transportation shall adjust the “Baltimore—Red Line Tranait Project”. final periud at the end and insert: “Stats li Benchmark Price by the percentage change After section 3037(c)(11), insert the fol censed or certified Mental Eealth counselors. in the previous calendar year’s Annual lowing: State licensed or certified marriage and fam Truckload Producer Price Index as deter () Baltimore—Green Line Transit ily therapists, or addiction specialists cer mined by the Department of Labor and shall Project. tified by the American Academy of Health publish that adjusted Benchmark Price in ()Baton Rooge—Bus Rapid Transit. Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders to the Federal Register. The effective date of After section 3037(c)(10), insert the fol act as substance abuse professiunals under each adjusted Benchmark Price shall be the of lowing: subpart 0 of part 40 of title 49, Code of Fed first day of the month following the date () Bridgeport, Connecticut—Bridgeport eral Regulations.”. such publication. Intermodal Facility. Strike section 4130 and insert the fol “(3) CURRENT DIESEL FUEL PRICE—For pur In section 3037(c)(25), strike “-West’’. lowing: poses of this section, the Cerrent Diesel Fuel After section 3037(c)(25), insert the fol SEC. 4530. INTERSTATE VAN OPERATIONS. Price shall— lowing: The Federal motor carrier safety regula “(A) be the latest weekly average price fur by () charlotte—West Corridor Project. tions that apply to Interstate operations of retail un-highway diesel feel pnblished for After section 3037(c)(531, insert the fol cummercial motor vehicles designed to the Energy Information Administration lowing: transport between 9 and 15 passengers (in the Petroleum Administration for Defense () Florence-Myrtle Beach-charleston, cluding the driver) shall apply to all Inter district or subdistrict where a shipment is Sooth carolina—High Speed Rail corridor. state operations of such carriers regardless physically tendered to the motor carrier, After section 3037(c)(61), insert the fol of the distance traveled. broker, or freight forwarder; and lowing: At the end of sebtitle A of title IV of the ‘‘(B) take effect the midnight after the () Harrisborg, Pennsylvania—corridor bill, insert the following: weekly average price is published. One MOS—2 (East Mechanicsborg to carlisle). SEC. 4137. TRUCKLOAD FUEL SURCHARGE. “(4) AMOUNT OF FUEL UaEn.—In calculating () Henderson-Las Vegas-North Las (a) IN GENERAL.—Chaptcr 137 of title 49, the number of gallons of diesel fuel used in Vegas—Regional Fixed Goideway Project. United States Code, is amended by adding at providing transportation or service under After section 3037(c)(10l), insert the fol the end the following: paragraph (I)— “(A) it shall be assumed that a gallon of lowing: “i 13714. Fuel surcharge Minneapolis-St. Paol-Hinckley, Mm diesel fuel is used for each 5 miles of trans () “(a) REQUIREMENT FOP, FUEL SURcHARGE.— nesota—Rosh Line corridor. portation; and Any contract or agreement, providing fur Strike section 3037(c)(105). “(B) the mileage of the transportation or truckload transportation or service involv After section 3037(c)(110), insert the fol service provided shall be the number of miles ing a motor carrier, broker, or freight for lowing: as determined under the ‘Defense Table of warder subject to jurisdiction under chapter New Bedford-Fall River, Massachu Official Distances’ issued by the Surface De () 135 nf this title that regularly provides such setts—commuter Rail Extension. ployment and Distribution Command, De transportation or service, shall include a re After section 3037(c)(148), insert the fol partment of Defense or coder any applicable quirement that the payer of transportation lowing: mileage guide established under section charges pay a fuel surcharge that is no less Sscramento—Downtown Streetcar 13703(a)(l)(D). () than the amount of the Increased Cost of Project. “(d) LIMITATION ON AU’rHoRITY,—Notwith Fuel as determined under subsection (c). After section 3037(c)(154), insert the fol standing any other provision of this part, “(b) IMPLEMENTATION—The surcharge re lowing: any action to enforce this section may only quired by subsection (a)— by the motor carrier, broker, or () Salt Lake-Provo—commuter Rail be brought shall apply during any period in which the transpor Extension. “U) freight forwarder that provided the Current Diesel Fuel Price surpasses, by the payor of the After section 3037(c)(158), insert the fol tation services against $0.05 per gallon of diesel fuel, the Benchmark or by the payor of the lowing: transportation charges Price determined under subsection (c): transportation charges against the motor () San Diego—San Diego Imperial “(2) shall expire when the Current Diesel carrier, broker, of freight forwarder that pro county Mag-Lev Rail Airport corridor Fuel Price equals or is less than $0.05 above vided the transportation services. In such ac Project. the Benchmark Price set forth in subsection tion, a court shall have the authority to de Strike section 3037(c)(174). (c); termine whether a fuel surcharge required After section 3037(c)(180), insert the fol “(3) shall be calculated un the date the ap under this section has been assessed or paid. lowing: plicable shipment is physically tendered to A court shall not have the authority in such Stamford, connecticut—Boston Post () the motor carrier, broker, or freight for action to review any other charges imposed Road Intermodal center and capacity Ex warder; by the provider of the transportation serv pansion Project, “(4) shall be itemized separately on the in ices. Notwithstanding the publication of the Redesignate the paragraphs in section voices of the motor carrier, broker, or Benchmark Price under subsection (c)(2), 3037(c) accordingly. freight forwarder; neither the Secretary of Transportation nor After section 3042, insert the following (and “(5) shall be paid to the motor carrier, the Surface Transportation Board shall have redesignate subsequent sections and conform broker, or freight forwarder by the payer of regulatory or enforcement authority relat the table of contents accordingly): transportation charges; ing to provisions of this section. FORGIVENESS OF CB.A1’JT AGREEMENT. the fol SEC. 3043. “(6) shall not apply to any transpurtatiun ‘(c) DEFIBITIONS.—In this section, provision of Notwithstanding any nther contract or agreement, in effect on the date lowing definitions apply: any out cNARUES.— law (including any regulation), of enactment of this section, that provides ‘U) PAYEE OF TRANSPORTATION the following grant of transportation charges’ standing balances on for a fuel cost adjustment or surcharge; and The term ‘payer Lane County Tran pays for the transpor agreements made to the “(7) may be expressed on a mileage basis, means any person who not have to be re involved. sit District, Oregon, do as a percentage of the freight charge, or in tation or service FOR PAYING FOR paid: any other manner the motor carrier, broker, “(2) PERSON RESPONSIBLE Number OR—03—0087. responsible for pay (1) Federal Contract or freight forwarder elects. FUEL.—The term ‘person bears the (1) Federal Contract Number OR—90-X094. ‘(c) CALCULATION OF INcREA5En COST OF ing for feel’ means any person who the or In section 4113(a) of the hill, before FUEL.— cost of fuel used for the transportation fol closing quotation marks, insert the INCREASED COST OF FUEL—For pur service involved.”. “U) analysis lowing: poses of this section, the Increased Cost of (b) CLERICAL AMENnMENT.—The chapter is amended by adding at the “i31162. Operators registered in Mexico and Fuel shall be the amount determined by sub fur such following: Canada tracting the Benchmark Price from the Cur end the multiplying ‘‘13714. Fuel surcharge.”. “No operator of a commercial motor vehi rent Diesel Fuel Price and then gallons of 14102 cle (as defined in section 31101) licensed in the difference by the nember of (c) CONFORMING A5IENnMENT.—Section States Code is amended by Mexico or Canada may operate in the United diesel fuel used in the transportation or serv of title 49, United the following: States a commercial motor vehicle trans ice provided. adding at the end purposes of ‘(c) MANnATORY PASS-THROUOH TO COST porting hazardous material until the oper “(2) EENcNBARE PRIcE—For BEARER.— ator has undergone a background records this section, the following apply: 111298 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE March 10, 2005 “(1) IN GENERAL—A motor carrier, broker, cisiuns; continue and expand studies on the tatiun: Defining the Need, Converging on So or freight forwarder providing transpor comparative costs of transportation and the lutions”. In carrying out the research tation or service osing fuel not paid for by effects of different development patterns, projects, the National Academy of Sciences it— particularly for economically disadvantaged shall consult with the Administrator. “(A) shall pass throogh to the person re communities; and develop and test new (hI REPORT—Not later than 0 months after sponsible for paying for fuel any fuel sur methods for integrating public involvement the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec charge or adjustment required porsuant to into transportation analysis and decision- retary shall transmit a report to the Com section 13714 or provided for in a transpor making, and examine the implications of mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure tation contract or agreement at the same emerging citizen coalitions for environ of the House of Representatives and the time payment for the transportation or serv mental and social justice” after “conflict Committee on Commerce, Science, and ice is made to the person responsible for pay resolution”; Transportation of the Senate on the need to establish a ing for fuel; (5) in subsection (e)(4) strike “and” the cooperative research program on hazarduue “(B) shall disclose in writing to the person last place it appears; materials transportation. (c) FUNDINO.—Of the amounts made avail responsible for paying for fuel the amount of in subsection (e)(4) insert and analyze (6) ‘‘; able by section 510l(a)(1) of this Act, all freight rates, charges, and fuel surcharges user to and future demand for envi response $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through applicable to that transportation or service; beneficial vehicles, fuels, and ronmentally 2009 shall be available to carry out this sec and mobility services, such as the demand for tion. may not reduce, for the purpose of ad “(C) and use of new environmentally beneficial At the end of subtitle D of title V of the fur or avoiding the pass-through of a justing vehicles and feels” after “new technologies”; bill, insert the following: fuel surcharge, nonfuel related compen (7) in subsection (e)(5) strike “and develop” SEC. 5463, TECHNOLOGY IN to the per TRANSPORTATION satory transportation payments and insert “develop”; NOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION for for fuel. son responsible paying (8) in sebsection fe)(5) insert “; continue PROGRAM, “(2) LIMITATION ON AUTNORITY.—Notwith and expand research on the impacts of trans Section 5117(b)(I) of the Transportatiun Eq standing any other provision of this part, the portation facilities; and assess and compare uity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 502 person responsible for paying for fuel may alternative transportation and land use note) is amended— bring an action to enforce this subsection strategies, such as models for regional co (1) in subparagraph (B)(i)— under section 14704 against the motor car operation” after “systematic fashion”; (A) by striking “Huild an” and inserting rier, freight forwarder, or broker providing (9) in subsection (e)(0) strike “and develop” “Build or integrate an”; the transportation services with vehicles nut and insert “develop”; and (H) by striking “$2,000,000” and inserting owned by it or with fuel not paid for by it. (10) in subsection (e)(6) insert “; develop a ‘$2,500,000”; Neither the Secretary of Transportation nor more effective understanding of the percep (C) by striking “300,000 and that” and in the Surface Transportation Board shall have tions and priorities of the transportation serting a comma; and regulatory or enforcement authority relat system’s customers (users and taxpayers); (D) by inserting before the period at the ing to provisions of this subsection.”. develop a more effective understanding of end the following: “, and includes majur matter prnpueed to be inserted as In the the nature of personal travel, as well as asso transportation corridors serving that metro section 507 of title 23, United States Code, by ciated trends and decision processes; develop politan area”; section 5203 of the bill— a more effective understanding of the nature (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii) by striking “by (1) in subsection (e)(2) strike “and develop” of commercial travel and the freight indus July 1, 2002” end inserting “by 6 months and insert “develop”; try, as well as associated trends and decision after the date of enactment of the Transpor (2) in subsection (e)(2) insert ‘‘; expand re processes, including key trends such as e tation Equity Act: A Legacy fnr Users”; and search and thinking on the uses fur and vege commerce and e-freight; develop a more ef (3) in subparagraph (E) by striking clause tation of transportation corridors in the fective understanding of the role of transpor (ii) and inserting the following: United States; expand research efforts aimed tation services and facilities in the economy; “(ii) The term ‘follow-on deployment at understanding wildlife movement near develop techniques for identifying commu areas’ means the metropolitan areas of Al corridors, ruadkill rates, and road-barrier ef nity aspirations and crafting commenity and bany, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Bir fects and at developing efficient mitigation regional visions related to transportation mingham, Boston, Burlington, Charlotte, designs for road crossing by animals; cata planning; develop tools that incorporate the Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Ft. lyze research on the effects of corridors and complex dynamics of travel behavior, and de Worth, Denver, Detroit, Greensboro. Hart traffic on adjoining land, including trsffic velop the reliable data sets needed for these ford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, disturbance and the spread of invasive spe and develop methods and instits City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Luuis cies; conduct further research on means of models; Kansas integrating transpor Minneapolis- St. restoring natural hydrologic and sediment tional structures for ville, Miami, Milwaukee, tation planning, programming, design, and Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York/ flows and distributions in the vicinity of after ‘‘determine effectiveness’’. Northern New Jersey, Norfolk, Northern roads; expand research on transportation’s operation” At the end of section 5204 of the bill, insert Kentucky/Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Or effects on water quality, aquatic ecosystems, the following: lando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and fish in various bodies of water and on (0 TURNER-FAIROANE FAcILITY—Of the Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, ecologically effective solutions; support, ex funds made available to carry out section Sacramento, Salt Lake, San Diego, San pand, and initiate research on the ecological 5101(a)(l), $1,000,000 shall be made available Francisco, San Jose, St. Louis, Seattle, air pollutants from roads and vehi effects of by the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2005 regional, Tampa, Tucson, Tulsa, and Washington, Dis cles at the roadside, neighborhood, for physical dem through 2008 to provide trict of Columbia.”; “. and global levels; develop road-network mod onstrations of the ongoing work at the Turn In title VII of the bill, strike section 7115. els and approaches for reducing habitat frag er-Fairbanks facitity with respect to ultra Redesignate subsequent sections uf title VII, mentation, population extinction, wildlife- high performance concrete with ductility. and conform the table of contents, accord and remote-area impacts; foster corridor, In section 5205(h)(3) of the bill, strike ingly. collaborative landscape-wide environmental ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert “$3,510,000’’. In section 7009(e), strike “Pipelines’’ and analyses by engineers, ecologists, and plan At the end of section 5215 of the bill, insert insert “Pipeline”. ners, with an emphasis on combining eco the following: At the end of title VII of the bill, insert logical solutions with other societal objec (d) AuTH0RiSATI0N.—From the amounts the tives; and stimulate research on under made available in section 5101(a)fi), $500,000 standing public preferences for improve shall be available for each of fiscal years 2005 ments in natural systems of both short- and through 2009 to carry nut this section. long-term significance to society” after “en In section 5251(a) of title 49, United States hancement measures”; Code, as proposed to be added by section 6002 (3) in subsection (e)(3) strike “and develop” of the bill, strike “section” and insert “sub and insert “develop”; chapter”. (4) in subsection (e)(3) insert “; develop At the end of subtitle B of title V of the operational definitions and indicators for en bill, insert the following (and conform the vironmental justice and social equity as the table of contents of the bill accordingly): concepts pertain to transportation; develop SEC. 5216, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH and demonstrate methods that can be used PROJECTS. to display the incidence of transportation (a) IN GENERAL—The Administrator of the project and program effects, both beneficial Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Ad and adverse, and develop improved methods ministration shall enter into a contract with for evaluating costs and benefits when they the National Academy of Sciences to carry are not evenly distributed, including envi out the 9 research projects called fur in the ronmental and social justice impact criteria 2005 Special Heport 283 of the Transportation in system performance measures used in Research Board entitled “Cooperative Re transportation planning and investment de search for Hazardous Materials Tranepur March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE H1299 homeland security advantages and disadvan (D) Section 4051(c) (relating to termination “(J) Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy tages of operating a common carrier pipeline of tax on heavy trncka and trailers). for Users,”, and system in the States of Texas, Louisiana, (E) Section 4071(d) (relating to termination (v) in the matter after subparagraph (J), as Mississippi, and Alabama for the transpor of tax on tires). added by clause (iv), by striking “Surface tation of aromatic chemicals. (F) Section 4081(d)(1) (relating to termi Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part (b) EVALUATION—In conducting the study, nation of tax on gaaotine, diesel fuel, and V’ and inserting “Transportation Equity the Secretary shall evaluate the appropriate kerosene). Act: A Legacy for Users”. ness of different Federal incentives for the (0) Section 4481(f) (relating to period tax in (C) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANS construction and operation of such a pipeline effect). FERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) system, including loan guarantees, other (H) Section 4482(c)(4) (relating to taxable of such Code is amended by striking “June 1, types of financial assistance, and various period). 2005” and inserting “October 1, 2009”. types of tax incentives. (I) Section 4482(d) (relating to special rule (2) AQUATIc RESOURCES TRUST FUND.— (c) REPORT—Not later than December 31, for taxable period in which termination date (A) SPORT FISH RESTORATION AccOUNT.— 2005, the Secretary shall transmit to Con occnrs). Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of such Code gress a report on the results of the study, in (2) FLOOR STOCES REFUNDS—Section is amended by striking “Surface Transpor cluding recommendations, if any, for legisla 6412(a)(1) of such Code (relating to floor tation Extension Act of 2004, Part V” each tion. stocks refunds) is amended— place it appears and inserting “Transpor At the end of the bill, add the following (A) by striking “2005” each place it appears tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users”. (and conform the table of contents of the bill and inserting “2011”, and (B) BOAT SAFETY AccOUNT.—Subsectiun (c) accordingly): (B) by striking “2006” each place it appears of section 9504 of such Code is amended— TITLE tX—HAIL PROVISIONS and inserting “2012”. (i) by striking “June 1, 2005” and inserting CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.— “October 1, 2009”, and SEC. 9101. HIGH-SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR DEVEL (b) EXTENSION OF (H) by striking “Surface Transportation OPMENT. The following provisions of such Code are Extension Act of 2004, Part V” and inserting (a) CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.—- each amended by striking “2005” and insert “Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for (1) AMENDMENTS.—Sectiun 26101 of title 49, ing ‘‘2011’’: tax- Users” Dnited States Code, is amended— (1) Section 4221(a) (relating to certain (C) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANS (A) in the section heading, by striking free sales). termination FERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of “planning” and inserting “development”; (2) Section 4483(h) (relating to tax). such Code is amended by striking “June 1, (H) in the heading uf subsection (a), by of exemptions for highway use 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2009’’. striking “PLANNING” and inserting “DEVEL (c) EXTENSION OF DEPOSITS INTO TRUST EFFEcTIVE DATE.—The amendments OPMENT”; FUNDS.— (e) made by this section shall take effect on the (C) by striking “corridor planning” each (1) IN GENERAL—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of date of the enactment of this Act. place it appears and inserting “corridor de subsection (b), and paragraphs (2) and (3) of velopment”; subsection (cl, of section 9503 of such Code SEC. Ieee3. TEcHNTCAL CORRECTIONS REGARD (D) in subsection (b)(IJ— (relating to the Highway Trust Fund) are ING HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES. each amended— (i) by inserting “, or if it is an activity de (a) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SEcTION 301 scribed in subparagraph (Ml” after “high- (A) by striking “2005” each place it appears OF TNE AMERIcAN Jnss CREATION ACT OF speed rail improvements”; and inserting “2011”, and 2004.—Section 6427 of such Code is amended— (H) by striking “and” at the end of sub (H) by striking “2006” each place it appears (1) by striking subsection (0. and paragraph (K); and inserting “2012”. (2) by striking subsection (0) and redesig FUEL TAX (Hi) by striking the period at the end of (2) MOTORBOAT ANn SMALL-ENGINE nating subsection (p) as subsection (o). TRANSFERS.— subparagraph (L) and inserting “; and”; and (b) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SEcTION 853 (4)(A)(i) and (iv) by adding at the end the following new (A) IN OENERAL.—Paragraphs OF TNE AMERICAN Joas CREATION ACT OF Code are each subparagraph: (5)(A) of section 9503(c) of such 2004.— and inserting “(M) the acquisition of locomotives, roll amended by striking “2005” (1) Subparagraph (C) of section 4081(a)(2) of ing stock, track, and signal equipment.”; “2011”. the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended AND and (B) CONFORMIND AMENDMENTS TO LAND by striking “for use in commercial aviation” FUND—Section 201(b) of (E) in subsection (c)(2), by striking “plan WATER CONSERVATION and inserting “for use in commercial avia Fund Act ning” and inserting “development”. the Land and Water Conservation tion by a person registered fur such use amended— (2) C0NFORMINu AMENDMENT—The item re of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601—11(b)) is under section 4101”. “2009”, lating to section 26101 in the table of sec (i) by striking ‘‘2003” and inserting (2) So much of paragraph (2) of section tions of chapter 261 of title 49, United States and 4081(d) of such Code as precedes subpara it appears Code, is amended by striking “planning” and (H) by striking ‘‘2004” each place graph (A) is amended to read as follows: inserting “development”. and inserting “2010”. “(2) AVIATION FUELS—The rates of tax (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (d) EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF EXPENDI specified in clauses (H) and (iv) of subsection Section 26104 of title 49, United States Code, TURES FROM TRUST Fifilos.— (a)(2)(A) shall be 4.3 cents per gallon—”. is amended tu read as follows: (1) EIONwAY TRUST FUND.— (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments HIcHwAY AccouNT—Paragraph (1) of “8 26104. Authorization of appropriations (A) made by this aeotiuo shall take effect as if section 9503(c) of such Code is amended— included in the provisions of the American “(a) FISCAL YEARS 2006 TNROUIIH 2013.— (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), Creation Act of 2004 to which they re There are authorized to be appropriated to Jobs by striking “June 1, 2005” and inserting “Oc Secretary— late. the tober 1, 2009’’, for carrying out section Pursuant to “(1) $70,000,000 (H) by striking “or” at the end of subpara The Acting UHAIRMAN. 26101; and graph (J), House Resolution 144, tho gentleman $30,000,000 fur carrying out section “(2) (Hi) by striking the period at the end of from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG) and a Mem 26102, subparagraph (K) and inserting “, or”, ber opposed each will control 15 min for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2013. (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the FUNDS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE—Funds utes. ‘(b) following new subparagraph: made available onder this section shall re The chair recognizes the gentleman “(L) authorized to be paid out of the High main available until expended.”. from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG). way Trust Fund under the Transportation TITLE X—TAX PROVISIONS Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.”, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair SEC. ieees. SHORT TITLE. (v) in the matter after subparagraph (L), as man, I yield myself such time as I may This title may be cited as the “Highway added by clause (iv), by striking “Surface consume. Reauthorization Tax Act of 2005”. Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part This is a bipartisan amendment, sub SEC. seoe2. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY-RELATED V’ and inserting “Transportation Equity mitted by the gentleman from Min TRUST FUNDS. Act: A Legacy for Users”. TAXES AND nesota (Mr. OBERSTAR) and me, and I (B) MASS TRANSIT AccoUNT—Paragraph (3) (a) EXTENSION OF TAXES.— urge the passage of the amendment. (1) IN OENERAL.—The following provisions of section 9503(e) of such Code is amended— Mr. Chairman, will of the Internal Revenue Code of 1916 are each (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), Mr. OBERSTAR. amended by striking “2005” each place it ap by striking “June 1, 2005” and inserting “Oc the gentleman yield? pears and inserting “2031”: tober 1, 2009”, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the (A) Section 4041(a)(1)(U)(iii)(I) (relating to (H) by striking “or” at the end of subpara gentleman from Minnesota. rate of tax on certain buses). graph (E), Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I Section 4041(a)(2)(B) (relating to rate of (Hi) by inserting “or” at the end of sub (B) support the manager’s amendment. It tax on special motor fuels). paragraph (I), is a delicate balance which we have (C) Section 404t(m)(l) (relating to certain (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the alcohol fuels). following new subparagraph: reached, and we need to pass it now. H1300 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 Mr. EHLERS. Chairman YOUNG and Rank as a whole but whose costs exceed states’ Mr. Chairman, for the foregoing reasons, I ing Member OSERSTAR have done an impres apportioned funds. Based on these needs, I support the Manager’s Amendment and urge sive job moving the transportation reauthoriza ask my colleagues to include the National Cor my colleagues to do the same. tion so quickly in the 109th Congress. With ridor Infrastructure Improvement Program and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair this summer’s construction season nearly the Projects of National and Regional Signifi man, I yield back my time. upon us, it is critical that we enact a strong cance provisions in the bill underlying today. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques transportation bill prior to the current exten Furthermore, I ask that the Committee include tion is on the amendment offered by sion’s expiration—May 31, 2005. It’s just as them at a funding level equal to those in the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. critical that this legislation be fair for all States. cluded in H.R. 3550. YOUNG). That’s why I’ve supported efforts to increase The Manager’s Amendment proposes key The amendment was agreed to. the rate-of-return in the minimum guarantee to technical and program improvements to the The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in 95 percent. underlying bill language. In particular, I sup order to consider amendment No. 2 Keeping the scope of programs covered by port the changes to the calculation of “Rev printed in House Report 109-15. enue Aligned Budget Authority” (RABA”; re TEA 21’s Minimum Guarantee calculation at 0 1145 the TEA 21 level of 92.6 percent is an essen establishment of budgetary firewalls for high tial part of achieving improved highway fund ways and transit programs; reauthorization of AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. TOM DAVIS OF VIRGINIA ing equity. the Swift Rail Act at $100 million per year (title Keeping the scope in TEA—LU consistent IX of the bill); and extension ot revenue provi Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. with current law wilt provide more funding to sions approved by the Ways and Means Com The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. BASS). my State’s core programs and help address mittee. The Clerk will designate the amend the funding inequities for donor States. Moreover, I support the improvements to the I am pleased that the Manager’s Amend. bill proposed in the Manager’s amendment. In m ent. The text of the amendment is as fol ment includes a new distribution formula that particular, due to the tremendous bipartisan lows: brings the scope of programs covered by the efforts of my colleagues, the amendment now Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. TOM Minimum Guarantee closer to current law includes language to guarantee that TEA 21’s is protected, DAVIS of Virginia: under TEA 21. Michigan and other donor 90.5 percent Minimum Guarantee with scope defined as no less than 92.6 per Page 138, at the end of line 16, insert States need to prevent going backwards on a cent of the highway program funds in the bill. “and”. scope and to improve our rate of return to 95 Page 138, line 18, strike “; and” and insert is a significant improvement over the bill percent. This a period. I thank Chairman YOUNG for his cooperation passed by the House last year. I thank the Page 138, strike lines 19 and 20. Majority with donor States on this issue. I hope to work distinguished Leader for his work in Page 145, strike tine 24 and alt that follows ensuring that this measure will protect these through line 5 on page 146. with my colleagues to improve the rate-ot-re provisions, allowing the House to move into Page 146, line 6, strike “(C)” and insert turn when we get to conference with the Sen conference in a stronger negotiating position ‘(b)”. ate. For my State, we’re depending on a high. toward achieving a higher MG above 90.5 per Page 146, line 15, strike “(d)’’ and insert er rate of return as well as the scope improve ‘(c)”. cent. The Manager’s Amendment makes this a ments we’re making today. Page 235. at tIre end of line 14, insert bill for and for Texans. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chair better Houstonians “and”. I would like to offer my support for the man, I rise to commend Chairman YOUNG and Page 235, strike lines 15 through 18. amendment offered by Mr. DAVIS of Virginia Page 235, tine 19, strike “(7)” and insert Ranking Member OBERSTAR, as well as the that will ensure that tolls are applied equally to ‘‘(6)’’. Subcommittee leadership for their hard work in all users of toll facilities. This amendment Page 240, at the end of line 9, insert “and”. legislation. However, I strike lines 10 through 13. crafting the underlying would eliminate language in the underlying bill Page 240, offer my support for the Manager’s Amend Page 240, line 14. strike “(6)” and insert that requires tower tolls to be charged to low ‘‘(5)’’. ment that seeks to incorporate very important income drivers. Since the administration of dif of The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to initiatives that were contained in some the ferential tolls may be challenging for our exist House Resolution 144, the gentleman amendments that were made in order by the ing and future loll authorities, this amendment from Virginia (Mr. ToM DAVIS) and a Committee on Rules. will make important adjustments to the under us proposes Member opposed each will control 5 While the underlying bitt before lying bill. to provide $620 million for some 175 high pri Secondly, I support the Burgess Amend minutes. gentleman ority projects in the State of Texas, there re ment, which would change the calculation for The Chair recognizes the main issues that will pose significant problems transportation development credits to ensure from Virginia (Mr. TOM DAVIS). TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mi’. for Houston and for Texas unless this body of that Texas and other states with loll facilities Mr. I yield myself such time as fers its commitment to address in fhe future. are able to take full advantage of these credits Chairman, Toll credits are a significant resource for for the benefit of our transit, highway, and I may consume. Mr. Chairman, let me address my transit providers because they can use them highway safety programs. This proposal is friends on the other side, because they in lieu of obtaining a Federal match—thereby vital to the provision of a pro rata calculation aware of our traffic problems in greatly expediting the development of major of the credits so that we are not penalized for are Northern Virginia where we have tried projects that serve the communities. This using Federal dollars in our transportation de infusions money to take care amendment will cripple the value of the toll velopment projects. I support this amendment to get of the second-largest traffic jams in credit program. and ask that my colleagues join me as the of arrived at Without the revenue from toll credits, Texas Gentleman brings this proposal to the floor. the country, and we have will have less funding for the reduction of con Furthermore, I support the proposal of Mr. something cafled the HOT lanes, these gestion and the improvement of air quality. In PrrTS that would provide a temporary transi high-occupancy toll lanes that we are reducing an otherwise viable revenue stream, tion period for transit entities (including three looking at for a public-private coopera this amendment would restrict local govern. in Texas) thaI, under the most recent Census, tion that we would use along the Belt ments like Houston from choosing the best are now subject to the over 200,000 popu way and possibly 1—66. tool to respond to local conditions and prior lation prohibition on the use of transit formula This is a partnership. The Federal ities. I would have voted against the amend dollars for operating expenses. The Pills Government will fund part of it, but ment that would prohibit the tolling of new amendment would allow those small transit there is just not enough money in the inlerstates, including the 1—69 Corridor, which entities in this new situation to use up to 50 highway bill, or at least we have not tacks an alternate source of financing. percent of their formula funds for operating ex been able to get enough money out of I ask that the Committee on Transportation penses for FYs 2005 through 2007 and up to the highway bill, if the gentleman and Infrastructure continue its efforts to pro 25 percent of the formula funds for operating would help on that there would be no vide funds to complete the Interstate 69 Cor expenses in FY5 2008 and 2009. need for this amendment, to build ridor. The termination of the Interstate Pro In addition, I join my colleague from Texas, these extra lanes. We have the private gram in 1995 left no mechanism to finish the Mr. BARTON in the initiative of his amendment sector coming in and building the nation’s few remaining incomplete Interstates to require studies and assessments of risks to lanes, and then the users do the tolls such as 1—69. Currently, there is no program human health or the environment to use on the lanes, and that is how we lay as to fund major projects which benefit the nation sound and objective scientific practices. phalt. Because there is not March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1301 money at the State, local, and Federal counts based on income: not the gas went jobless because of the cost of levels to lay enough asphalt on these tax, not the price of automobiles, and transportation. lanes; and so we are using tolls in some not the price of auto insurance. Why do In Chicago, Chicago experienced of these areas. we single out tolls? white flight to the suburbs. The sub The current bill contains several pro Finally, I want to make clear that urbs needed people to perform work in visions that make it’difficult for us to while I do not think that income-based stores, in homes, in facilities, hos collect tolls on the interstate highway tolling is a viable solution, my amend pitals, and nursing homes; but the without trying to decide how much ment would not stop anybody from workers were in the city. Chicago initi money people make, and there is al doing it. The Governor of Virginia does ated a welfare-to-work program to pro most a means testing into who uses not think it is practical, but the Gov vide compensation for those who would them. It is very, very difficult to deter ernor of another State might have an still live in their neighborhoods in the mine how much you are going to col other view, and that flexibility would city, but provide the jobs in the sub lect to get your bonds, what percent remain in this legislation if my amend urbs. For every thousand jobs in the are low income and what percent are ment passes. suburbs a $10 million economic benefit high income, and so we basically knock Frankly, I would be interested in see resulted. that out of the current language in this ing how a State might implement in Now, Chicago could set up a very legislation. come-based tolling. But this provision simple process of matching the welfare I support the provisions that allow would amount to a considerable man workers, the welfare-level workers to the high-occupancy tolls, but I am con date upon the States, a mandate I do the jobs and provide assistance to cerned about the requirement for not believe we should add to their al them. So can Virginia. So can other States to establish procedures to per ready full plate with growing transpor States. There is no need to say, oh, mit low-income individuals to pay re tation infrastructure needs. This just there is going to be a huge bureaucracy duced tolls. These are user fees. These takes some of the flexibilities we are created. It is a very simple process. A are not taxes. This requirement would trying to employ outside the box now person comes in and shows their irnme impose unmanageable requirements on off the table. diate basis and applies for the assist those States who would otherwise like So, Mr. Chairman, I would hope the ance, applies for whatever designation to make use of these tolling provisions, House would adopt this amendment. is required, the FAST pass or the des and in our case it is the only way we Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance ignation to get through the toll facil can lay down new pavement. of my time. ity. It does not cost anything addi The Commonwealth of Virginia now Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, how tional. And if there is a derogation of seeks to use toll provisions to finance much time remains for the gentleman dollars to the toll facility, then the several important projects, including from Virginia? State in the public interest can make widening of the Capital Beltway, add The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen that up. ing HOT lanes to 1—95, and adding dedi tleman from Virginia (Mr. TOM DAVIS) All we are saying in the legislation cated truck lanes on 1—81 in the Shen has 1 minute remaining. pending is that low-income people pay andoah Valley. The Capital Beltway Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I a higher percentage of their household the HOT lane proposal, which would great claim the time in opposition to income for transportation than other yield ly benefit my constituents, as an exam gentleman’s amendment, and I income groups, and tolling facilities ple, is a public-private partnership. In myself 4 minutes. should not drive people out of the job the gen addition, the 1—81 partnership is an We have waited patiently for marketplace. that he other example. These partnerships are tleman to arrive, and recognize Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance on increasingly important as Virginia has, like all of us, many demands of my time. is Virginia. Mr. and, I think, other States in the Union his time. I am glad the gentleman Mr. TOM DAVIS of the grapple with massive infrastructure here to offer his amendment, and we Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to needs that are not met, even though understand the problems in this com gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN), which the Northern this bill will help toward our final re mittee of Northern Virginia, my colleague and friend from sults. gentleman so ably represents. Virginia. Chair In this instance, the ability of tolls In the fashioning of TEA—2l, along Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Senator Gov on a HOT lane to pay for construction with the gentleman’s Senator, man, I support this amendment. Shu contacted has been determined by cost-benefit WARNER, and former Chairman ernor Warner of Virginia has Bridge, amend analysis, which would be skewed by ster, we supported the Wilson us in support of Mr. DAVIS’S out of does not see how ex some users not paying the full toll. As which all of America contributed ment because he $900 mil from hav we look for these public-private part the Highway Trust Fund over empting low-income people its kind nerships to take over construction of lion. This is the only bridge of ing to pay is enforceable. spe agree with the gentleman some road projects, it is important not in the country to get that kind of I fully recognize, and I Minnesota (Mr. OBERSTAR), my to set a precedent for eliminating or cial consideration. We from facili that we do not want reducing tolls which could affect bond have watched the growth of toll very good friend, un situations that they financing. ties in the Dulles access corridor. I to put people in working In addition, the cost of a bureaucracy derstand those problems that this cannot afford, particularly the ade to administer a reduced-toll program growth-bedeviled area has had to cope class that we are trying to provide would add tremendously to the cost of with. quate transportation for, so that they prob manner. operating a toll facility and I believe However, there is a very serious can get to work in a timely however, I would provide a strong disincentive for lem here of low-income people living in In so many of our States, My Virginia, private investment. The existence of an area distant from the job. certainly know in Northern move anybody automated tolling technologies does daughter worked at Jubilee Jobs in the we do not have a way to figure out some more in not address the issue. The most funda Adams-Morgan area in D.C. placing unless we can HOT lanes do mental question is how the Depart people who came out of homeless shel novative way, and these means to provide ment of Transportation would deter ters, people who had just been released seem to give us the And do mine the income. It seems to me this from prison, people who, through, in more transportation access. I had to do what would be extraordinarily problematic many cases, no fault of their own, not see how it is enforceable wants and would make tolling an impractical just fallen through the welfare safety the gentleman from Minnesota option. net, There were a number of jobs avail to do. Tolls are user fees, not taxes. There able for those people out at Dulles Air Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. of are currently no tolling facilities in port, but they could not afford to drive. Chairman, I yield myself the balance the country that provide an income- There is no public transportation for my time. you really based discount. Furthermore, no other them to take to get out to Dulles Air Let me say to my friend, if addi highway-user expenses are regulated by port to match the person with the job. want to help poor people, build some of the Federal Government to require dis Their jobs went unanswered and people tional lanes of traffic and get 111302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 the traffic off the road so they can get cans often need their cars to reach jobs they cial assistance that must be repaid to the Government.”. onto the conventional lanes. That is can’t otherwise reach through public transpor what this does. tation. They use their cars to transport their The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to This is the only way we have found to families and fake part in commerce that would House Resolution 144, the gentleman lay new pavement in Northern Vir otherwise be unavailable to them without their from Texas (Mr. BURGEss) and a Mem min ginia, unless we can come up with bfl own private transportation. However, if we in ber opposed each will control 5 lions more dollars that we cannot get sist on making tower income drivers pay the utes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman into this bill. Poor people would still same tolls as higher income drivers then we from Texas (Mr. BURGESS.) able to use existing roads to get make the cost of transportation more prohibi be Mr. BURGESS; Mr. Chairman, I yield there. This will divert traffic that is tive for lower income Americans. These driv myself such time as I may consume. roads into other ers already have to deal with the soaring costs currently on those The amendment that I offer today of fuel and the high premiums they pay to lanes as well. addresses an important issue of fair gentleman in terms maintain car insurance. If we also burden I agree with the ness, flexibility and opportunity ac has on low-in them with high tolls then we will keep them of the impact that this cording to how we finance our Nation’s current from their potential and we can only come families, but I think the achieving transportation systems. from language is not the way to do it; and I hurt our overall society that benefits I believe that States Should be cred and com kindly ask for favorable consideration lower unemployment increased ited for their non-Federal investment of my amendment. merce. in revenue-generating transportation I urge the Members of this body to reject facilities to address their regional fJ 1200 cre this amendment because it only seeks to transportation needs. As of 2003, 20 Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, the ate a larger burden upon tower income Ameri States have applied to the Federal in the bill just directs States language cans. We must all be given a chance to Highway Administration for Federal establish a program and procedures. to achieve the American Dream and this dream credits based on their toll revenoe as you have to do is issue a pass to the All is made harder for too many lower class authorized under Section 120(J) of Title based on their qualification individuals Americans when we unfairly raise the level of 23 of the United States Code. use the as a low-income person and their tolls. This program allows States to accu facility. pass to get through the tolling The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. BASS). mulate these Federal credits in rec That is all we are saying. The question is on the amendment of ognition of their non-Federal invest facilities Otherwise, those toll fered by the gentleman from Virginia ment in local transportation facilities. Mercedes produce Lexus lanes, produce (Mr. TOM DAVIS). In the past 10 yearS, some $14 billion in whiz and Hummer lanes, who will The question was taken; and the Act Section 120(j) credits have been accu through while the poor folk cannot af ing Chairman announced that the ayes mulated by these States. The accumu ford to get through. I know from per appeared to have it. lation of these Federal credits reflects sonal experience. I have traveled Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I de the level of commitment that States around this country to areas where we mand a recorded vote, and pending and localities nationwide are making have those problems, either some com that, I make the point of order that a to find non-Federal solutions to their munities have responded by investing quorum is not present. growing transportation needs. in transit systems so that low-income The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pm-suant to The creation of this program in the people, as in Sacramento, 3,200 low-in clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro 1991 ISTEA legislation recognizes the come persons were able to use their ceedings on the amendment offered by importance of these efforts. The use of transit system to get to jobs. the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. TOM non-Federal revenues for needed trans You are not doing that in Northern DAVIS) will be postponed. portation facilities is not a new con Virginia for various reasons. I concur The point of no quorum is considered cept. States and localities for decades with what the gentleman says, another withdrawn. have turned to revenue-generating $90 billion invested in transportation, The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in forms of project financing to address as this committee introduced the bill order to consider Amendment No. 3 their tremendous transportation fi in its original form, would take care of printed in Part B of House Report 109— nancing needs. this problem. But we must insist on 15. Especially today, given the tight fis States and 1- the committee position and defeat the AMENOMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. BURGESS cal situation that many the use of transportation gentleman’s amendment. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I offer calities face, Mr. Chair facilities that pay for themselves with Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. an amendment. of Vir out additional Federal funding is essen man, I rise to strongly oppose the Davis The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk re This amendment changes the cal ginia amendment to TEA—LU, which would will designate the amendment. tial. high culation of the section 120(j) credits to move the requirement that toll rates on The text of the amendment is as fol for low reflect the proportionate State and occupancy loll lanes be differentiated lows; it unfortunate that Mem local investments in revenue-gener income drivers. I find Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. BURGESs: to transportation facilities. bers of this body would offer amendments At the end of subtitle H of title I of the ating important, and why do this legislation that effectively say that lower bill, add the following (and conform the Why is this bill income individuals are on the same financial table of contents of the bill accordingly): we need to make this change in the of Texas, we footing as those who are in upper income SECTION 1838. TRANSPORTATION DEVEL0pMEN’r today? In my home State brackets. CREIJITS. have entered into a new era of trans The fact is that we as Americans have de Section 120(j)(l) of title 23, United States portation project development, deliv cided that those who make less, share less of code, is amended— ery and financing. With the introduc (1) by striking “A State” and inserting the the burden to bring revenue into our local, tion of new State and local transpor Indeed, we all following: tation financing tools, Texas will be State, and Federal government. IN GENERAL—A State”; and “(A) able to accelerate projects that have know that we are taxed based on our income by striking the last sentence and insert (2) for years, leveraging and value of our possessions. In the same ing the following: been needed vein, tolls that will go towards paying for public “(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR USE OF FEDERAL transportation funds that are currently transportation projects, should have some var FUNDS.—If the public, quasi-public, or pri available to finance additional projects iability based on the income of drivers. This vate agency has built, improved, or main today rather than tomorrow and dec funds, the principle is applied throughout our economic tained the facility using Federal ades in the future. under this paragraph shall be reduced home practices and it is a fair principle because we credit These new tools allow my by a percentage equal to the percentage of State to include new financing part recognize that unduly burdening lower income building, improving, or the total cost of ners, like the private sector and new individuals will onty weaken our national econ maintaining the facility that was derived regional mobility authorities in solv omy. from Federal funds. transportation challenges. The fact is that lower income Americans de “(C) FEDERAL FUNDS DEFINED.— In this ing Texas’ advantage of pond on their automobiles the same way high paragraph, the term ‘Federal funds’ does not In order to take full the er income Americans do. Lower income Amer include loans of Federal funds or other finan these new tools, we must make March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1303 most effective use of our available enact authority to build a toll facility Toll credits allow the expenditure of non-fed transportation dollars, both local, but then prohibited the public sector eral funds on one project to serve as the State and Federal. To that end, we ex from building additional capacity in match on another project. pect to use some Federal funds in near the same corridor in the adjoining pub The benefit of having toll credits is to enable ly every major transportation mobility lic roadway. various transportation projects to exchange a project that we build. However, the The toll was built; it did not work. It toll credit for non-federal share of a project’s current system is untenable. For in was on the verge of bankruptcy. At the cost. stance, a State may use 99 percent of same time, the State was ready to This measure does not render a good non-Federal funds on a needed trans build additional lanes on the public fa house keeping seal of approval on tolls, but it portation project, but under the cur cility. The toll operator took the State does recognize that States like Texas, that are rent credit calculation that State can to court and prevailed against building experiencing significant increases in popu not receive any credit for that invest the publicly-free facility, so the State lation and diminishing roadway capacity, are ment because of the use of 1 percent wound up buying the toll facility and able to better leverage their transportation dol Federal funds in the project. building additional lanes. lars. This is an unfair penalty. It must be Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance I have heard from my State, and others that changed to properly recognize the local of my time. utilize tolling, repeatedly, on how this toll credit and State share of investments in Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I yield development will better equip them in address meeting our transportation needs. 45 seconds to the gentleman from ing challenges now and in the long run. Currently, 20 States are using 120(j) Texas (Mr. MARGHANT) and state that Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I credits to finance needed transpor this amendment does nothing of the yield back the balance of my time. tation projects. Ohio uses toll credits sort as to what happened in California. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques to match GARVEE bonds on projects Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Chairman, I tion is on the amendment offered by and shares with local government for thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BUR both highway and transit projects. BURGESS) for introducing this amend GESS). New Jersey has used approximately ment and for the gentleman’s hard The question was taken; and the Act $1360 million of $1.9 billion in approved work over the last 2 years on transpor ing Chairman announced that the noes toll credits for approved highway tation issues in Texas. appeared to have it. projects. Under current law, even if $1 of Fed Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I de Florida is using many credits on Fed eral money is spent towards a State mand a recorded vote. eral aid projects so that most of its toll project, no transportation develop The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to Federal highway programs are 100 per ment credits will be accrued by the clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro cent Federally funded. Projects include State. In other words, not only does ceedings on the amendment offered by the new Everglades Parkway, the the Federal Government punish States the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BUR Pinellas County Bayway, Beeline East for investing in toll facilities, it also GESS) will be postponed. Expressway and the Sunshine Skyway. prevents them from using transpor It is now in order to consider amend Kentucky will use toll credit as a tation development credits which ment No. 4 printed in House Report match on the Federal highway projects would have been accumulated for the 109-15. releasing about 100 million per year. use and purchase of transit capital AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. BURGESS Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman. I re such as buses and transit cars. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I offer has a 50-year-old serve the balance of my time. The United States an amendment. enormous Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I highway system put under The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk Combine that claim the time in opposition. How strain by our population. will designate the amendment. simply not much time remains for the gentleman with the fact that there is The text of the amendment is as fol high from Texas? enough money to go around for lows: The gen ways and transit programs, and there The Acting CHAIRMAN. Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. BURGESS: country’s tleman from Texas has 1 minute. is a large gap between our Strike section 1501 of the bill, and insert Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I transportation needs and that which the following (and conform the table of con yield myself 4 minutes. can be provided under current funding. tents of the bill accordingly): This amendment really crosses the I urge my colleagues to support this SECTION 1501. DESIGNBUILD CONTRACTING. line on tolling. I have always believed amendment. (a) IN GENERAL—Section 112(b)(3) of title tolls are a bad idea, but if a State Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I urge 23, United States Code, is amended to read as wants to do that and citizens want to my colleagues to vote for this amend follows: subject themselves to toll facilities, ment, and I yield back the balance of “(3) DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING.— IN GENERAL. .—A State transportation business. my time. “(A) that is their or local transportation agency highway sys Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I department But on the interstate may use design-build contracts for develop myself the balance of my time. tem, we have a very effective financing yield ment of projects under this chapter and may mechanism through the Highway Trust To push the idea of toll facilities in award such contracts using any procurement Fund and through the national high the direction of merging Federal high process permitted by applicable State and way system. Again, the Highway Trust way trust fund dollars with toll dollars local law. Fund supports construction of needed is just anathema to the whole concept “(B) LIMITATION ON WORK TO BE PERFORMED transportation facilities. of a publicly supported transportation UNDER DESIGN-BUILD coNTRAcTs—Construc permanent improvements shall not But to mix Federal funds with tolls is network. We should not allow this type tion of commence under a design-build contract idea of a publicly sup of initiative in tolling. anathema to the awarded under this paragraph before compli through If Members want to have tolls, do it ported transportation system with section 102 of the National Envi and use the toll ance our Highway Trust Fund and the user the old-fashioned way ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). cre fee. dollars and create Lexus lanes and “(C) SCOPE OF WORK.—The scope of the con I could understand if the gentleman ate Mercedes lanes, but do not use the tractor’s work under a design-build contract from Texas (Mr. BURGESS) were advo public dollars to merge with the toll fa awarded under this paragraph may include cating and others were advocating tolls cility dollars and create a severe dis assistance in the environmental review proc preparation of and toll-only facilities. But to cross parity and discrimination against pub ess for the project, including environmental impact assessments and anal the line and mix Highway Trust Fund licly built toll facilities. yses, if such work is performed under the di to encourage Remember the California example; dollars with toll funds rection of, and subject to oversight by, the what will happen here. We will building of toll facilities to indirect that is State transportation department or local competition with toll-free highways, have others of that nature. I urge a transportation agency and the State trans just does not make any sense at all. no” vote on this amendment. portation department or local transportation In fact, there is an example in the Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. agency conducts a review that assesses the State of California where a toll oper Mr. Chairman, the amendment before us is objectivity of the environmental assessment. environmental ator persuaded the State legislature to about increasing financial flexibility. environmental analysis, or 111304 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 impact statement prior to its submission to engage the gentleman from Alaska The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk the Secretary. (Chairman YOUNG) in a brief colloquy will designate the amendment. “(U) PROJEcT APPROVAL—A design-build on this issue. The text of the amendment contract may be awarded under this para is as fol Mr. Chairman, in 1998 Congress lows: graph prior to compliance with section 102 of passed TEA—21. And as enacted, TEA—21 the National Environmental Policy Act of Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. IssA: 1969, only— contained congressional intent and At the end of section 1208 of the bill, insert “(i) upon request by the State transpor guidance language to the United States the following: (d) SENSE tation department Department of Transportation to im OF CONGRESS—It is the sense of or local transportation Congress that agency; plement design-build contracting rules. the Secretary and the States should provide additional “(ii) with the concurrence of the Secretary But, Mr. Chairman, incentives (includ the final rules did ing the use of high occupancy in issuance of the procurement documents vehicle lanes not mirror Congress’ intent in the on State and Interstate and any amendments thereto and in highways) for the award of slightest. purchase and use of the contract and any amendments hybrid and other fuel ef thereto; H.R. 3, as introduced and passed by ficient vehicles, which and have been proven to the committee, included section 1501 on minimize air emissions “(iii) if project approval will be provided and decrease con design-build, and I thank the chair sumption of fossil fuels. after compliance with section 102 of the Na man, the ranking tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969. member, and the The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to “(E) EFFECT OF CoNcURRENcE—Concur committee staff for recognizing the House Resolution 144, the gentleman rence by the Secretary under subparagraph level of importance that design-build from California (Mr. ISSA) and a Mem (D) shall be considered a preliminary action holds in the reauthorization debate. ber opposed each will control 5 min that does not affect the environment. However, the language currently in the uteS. ‘(F) DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT DEFINED—In bill does not repair conflicts in the law. The Chair recognizes the gentleman this section, the term “design-build con My concern is that the Federal Gov from California (Mr. ISSA). tract” means an agreement that provides for ernment has been slow to respond to Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, I yield my design and construction of a project a by initiatives at the State level that ad self such time as I may consume. I am contractor, regardless of whether the agree vance those goals. Current Federal hopeful and believe that there will be ment is in the form of a design-build con rules dampen the efficiency of design- tract, a franchise agreement, or any other no opposition to this well-crafted, nar build with a complicated procurement form of contract approved by the Sec rowly crafted amendment to this legis retary.’’. process, taking the wind out of the lation. (b) REGULATIONS—Not later than 90 days sails of innovation. I want to thank Chairman YOUNG and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal processes still favor a con the members of the committee who Secretary shall issue regulations that amend secutive approach to project develop helped make this a very good amend the regulations issued under section 1307(c) ment, requiring separate environ ment. This amendment, Mr. Chairman, of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st mental review, design and construction seeks to empower our States when they Century (23 U.S.C. 112 note). The regula contracts. This causes unnecessary have excess capacity in their HOV tions— delay, added cost and reduced effi lanes to use that capacity to encourage (1) shall allow a State transportation de ciencies in delivering critical transpor partment or local transportation agency to and promote the superlow-emissions tation projects. use any procurement process permitted by hybrid vehicles that are just emerging I want to work with the committee applicable State and local law in awarding on our highways today. California in conference to repair the design-build and design-build contracts, including allowing other States have passed law so States can benefit from its in laws in an unsolicited proposals, negotiated procure ticipation of our doing our job to allow ments, and multiple requests for final pro tended efficiency. this. I believe that it posals; except that the Secretary may re Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from will promote quire reasonable justification to be provided Alaska has visited my State, and I am superlow emissions, higher-efficiency for any sole source procurement; and grateful for that. The gentleman has vehicles fur a period of only 4 years to (2) may include “best practices” guide heard from our constituents and our give this an opportunity. lines; commissioners and our governor. This I would urge all of our colleagues to (3) shall not preclude State transportation is necessary to take our work to the bear irs mind that when we authorized departments and local transportation agen HOV lanes, we did so for two purposes: cies from allowing proposers to include al next level. Sure we talk about chang ing funding formulas, but that alone is one was to reduce congestion; the other ternative technical concepts in their “base” was to save fuel. Hybrid vehicles do an proposals; not enough to satisfy everyone, and we excellent job of saving fuel. I urge my (4) shall not preclude State transportation all know that. All I am asking for is a departments and local transportation agen chance to show that we can be innova colleagues to vote for this amendment. Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Chairman, cies from issuing a request for proposals doc tive in using the limited funds that we rise today ument, proceeding with award of a design- receive. in support of the Issa amendment. Quite simply, the increased use of fuel effi build contract, or issuing a notice to proceed Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair cient vehictes is boon to our with preliminary design work under such a man, will the gentleman yield? a country. Hybrid vehictes benefit environment. contract prior to compliance with section 102 Mr. BURGESS. I yield to the gen our National Environmental Policy Act of towns of the tleman from Alaska. Our cities and are being choked by 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) if the design-build con Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair smog. The increased use of hybrid vehicles tractor is not authorized to proceed with would reduce this problem. construction of permanent improvements man, I agree with the goals of the gen tleman from Texas, and I look forward Hybrid vehicles also benefit our economy. prior to such compliance; and The Ford Escape Hybrid is assembled in my shall provide guidelines regarding pro to working with the gentleman’s entire (5) State Missouri. cedures to be followed by the State transpor delegation to meet these goals in con home of Sales for the Escape tation department or local transportation ference. hybrid have been so strong that this plant can agency in their direction of and oversight Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I ask not keep up with demand. This plant provides over any environmental impact assessments unanimous consent to withdraw the thousands of good paying jobs here in the or analyses for the project which are to be amendment. United States. prepared by the contractor or its affiliates. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there ob I assure you that is you ask the workers in The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to jection to the request of the gentleman that plant if they support increased incentives House Resolution 144, the gentleman from Texas? for the purchase of hybrid vehicles, their an from Texas (Mr. BURGESS) and a Mem There was no objection. swer woutd be a resounding “yes.” ber opposed each will control 5 min Finally, vehicles that reduce our use ot gas fi 1215 utes. oline mean greater energy security for our The Chair recognizes the gentleman The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. country, and less U.S. dollars going to coun from Texas (Mr. BURGESS). ADERHOLT). It is now in order to con tries with hostile regimes. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I yield sider amendment No. 5 printed in The increased use of hybrid vehicles is truly myself such time as I may consume. House Report 109—15. a win-win-win situation and I urge my col Mr. Chairman, I intend to ask unani AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. I55A leagues to support this amendment. mous consent to withdraw this amend Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, I offer an Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, I yield back ment. but before I do, I would like to amendment. the balance of my time. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1305 The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques eral precedent for this, and I would play reform law. This is a win-win for tion is on the amendment offered by venture to say that we all in this both sides. I cannot emphasize that the gentleman from California (Mr. Chamber should be reading what that enough. How many times have we come ISSA). precedent is. This does not open up a to this Chamber when we try to get it The amendment was agreed to. Pandora’s box. This is simply providing over on the other side? That is natural VACATING PRIOR PROCEEDINGS ON AMENDMENT States the ability to clean up their own in politics. NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. BURGESS act, to reform their own government, This is a win-win for both sides, not the Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I ask and to give those people an Oppor only in New Jersey but throughout of this unanimous consent that the pro tunity to bid in a more apparent, country. I ask for the support I ceedings by which the request for a re transparent process. body. I think this is good legislation, makes sense, and corded vote on the amendment offered Mi’. Chairman, the Federal Highway think the amendment up by Federal law. by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BUR Administration argued that the New it is backed Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of GESS) was considered be vacated and Jersey order violated section 112 of my time to the gentleman from New the vote be put anew. title XXIII, a provision dealing with (Mr. MENENDEZ). The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there ob bid-letting. This amendment intends to Jersey Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, jection to the request of the gentleman support what New Jersey has at three quick points. This does not re from Minnesota? tempted to do to open up the bid proc any State to do anything. It sim There was no objection. ess, not to close it down, not to shrink quire allows a State to perform a reform The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques it, but rather to expand it so that there ply of We rec tion is on the amendment offered by is more transparency. in the context contracting. under Federal law the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BuR Why should the Federal Government ognize this already in section 441 of the Federal highway GEsS). stop those States who want to end the the same type The amendment was agreed to. process of corruption in their contract- bill. The SEC has done State should The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in letting? Why should this Federal Gov of thing in its context. No as order to consider amendment No. 6 ernment, which has our own rules, the be prohibited from enacting reforms of printed in House Report 109—15. SEC was a perfect example of this just it relates to improving the integrity are going public contracting in their State. It AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. PASCRELL a few years ago, that if you to stay will not apply to any Federal office Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I to contribute, then you need bidding. This holder, but it will allow States ulti offer an amendment. out of the process of Assembly 78— mately to pursue reforms in the con The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk passed in the New Jersey Senate text of contracting and the integrity of will designate the amendment. 0. It passed in the New Jersey its process. The text of the amendment is as fol 34—0. It is bipartisan. the gen We should support the amendment. lows: Mr. Chairman, I yield to Jersey. Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield No. 6 offered by Mr. PA5CRELL: tleman from New Amendment Chairman, I myself such time as I may consume. section 1108 of the bill, insert the fol Mr. L0BIONDO. Mr. After Mr. Chairman, I think what we are lowing (and redesignate subsequent sections, would like to thank the gentleman certainly a very well- and conform the table of Contents, of the bill from New Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL) who seeing here is cor accordingly): has worked very hard on this issue and meaning amendment designed to New Jer SEC. 1109. PAY TO PLAY REFORM. I have joined with him. I appreciate the rect a problem in the State of Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, work that he has done. sey; but if it is adopted, what we will is amended by adding at the end the fol Let me say in starting that the vast find is the law of unintended con lowing: majority of contractors in my State, in sequences coming into play. in this sec The (h) CON5TRUCTION.—Nothing the State of New Jersey, are hard We have a Federal framework. tion may lie construed to prohibit a State com working, ethical people who do good goal of that framework is to have from enacting a law or issuing an order that the right thing. The real petitive bidding and to end up getting limits the amount of money an individual, work and do that the lowest qualified bid to save the tax who is doing business with a State agency problem we have in New Jersey is money and get the work done. for a Federal-aid highway project, may con some public officials more interested in payer cross State tribute to a political campaign.”. helping themselves than working to Many of these projects lines. Contractors work all over the The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to improve transportation infrastructure United States. If we start allowing House Resolution 144, the gentleman in the State have influenced the situa each State to come up with different from New Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL) and tion. bidding procedures and qualifications the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. The good news is that Trenton is fi about it. that contractors have to meet in order PETRI) each will control 5 minutes. nally trying to do something to participate in the bidding, it is in The Chair recognizes the gentleman The legislature has enacted reforms, as (Mr. evitably going to add to paperwork and from New Jersey (Mr. PA5CRELL). the gentleman from New Jersey up resulting in higher-cost con Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I PASCRELL) has discussed on this par end across our country and less yield myself such time as I may con ticular issue. I wish the State had pro struction tax dollars that are sume. vided the Federal Highway Authority for the hard-earned on transportation here in the The so-called “pay-to-play” restric with the cost savings they say exist, as spent United States. tions, Mr. Chairman, enacted in many I understand that that may have solved are not arguing there may not be States like Connecticut, New Jersey, the problem and we maybe would not We problem in New Jersey. We are not Pennsylvania, Illinois, South Carolina, have had to do this today. Unfortu a arguing that it should be cleaned up. Kentucky and West Virginia, for in nately, that is in the past; and we have We are eager to work with the Mem stance, there is a threat which is real; to deal with the situation as it is. amend bers from New Jersey to try to have and whether it is real or whether it is I am strongly supporting this hearings or to promote investigations, apparent, we need to stamp out corrup ment and will join with the gentleman do what we can to help clean up the tion. We have come to an agreement in from New Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL) in situation in New Jersey, but not at the the State of New Jersey. We have come voting for this amendment, because of weakening the system of to bipartisan support of an attempt by New Jersey desperately needs every expense competitive bidding nationwide that is both sides of the aisle to end corrup penny of Federal highway and transit to promote as efficient a pro tion as not only we know it because dollars and should not be penalized for designed process as possible. neither party is privy to virtue, neither trying to do the right thing. That is curement Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal State is privy to corruption. what it is all about: New Jersey is try my time. What we are trying to do here is look ing to do the right thing. ance of re The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques at what is the result of large political Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, tion is on the amendment offered by contributions from contractors who try claiming my time, the Pascrell-Menen the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. to influence the awarding of public dez-LoBiondo amendment only impacts PASCRELL). contracts. Mr. Chairman, there is Fed- States that choose to pass a pay-to- H1306 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 The amendment was agreed to. needs for the rest of America, but we amendment offered by the gentleman The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in have a growing problem that this from Michigan (Mr. ROGERs). order to consider amendment No. 7 amendment will address, traffic pre The amendment was agreed to. printed in House Report 109-15. emption devices. They are devices that The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider Amendment No. 8 AMENOMENT NO. 7 OFFEREO BY MR. ROOER5 OF will change the signal as you are driv MIcmcAN ing in your car remotely from your ve printed in House Report 109—15. Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Chair hicle. Currently used hy law enforce AMENOMENT NO. I OFFEREu BY MR. PIflS man, I offer an amendment. ment and emergency vehicle services Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk to conduct their business and get to amendment. The Clerk will designate the amendment. the place they need to in the most safe The Acting CHAIRMAN. The text of the amendment is as fol manner possible, it is now being offered will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as fol lows: on the Internet and other places and lows: Amendment No. 7 offered by Mr. R0OER5 of getting in the hands of those who Michigan: would seek to do harm. Amendment No. 8 offered by Mr. Prrrs: In the matter proposed to be inserted as At the end of title II of the bill insert the One can imagine in the hands of a paragraph (11 of section 5307(b) of title 49, following (and conform the table of contents changing bank robber trying to escape, United States Code, by section 3008(c)(3) of accordingly): the light scheme on his way out uf tbe bill— SECTION 2013. SAFE INTERSEcTIONs. town. One can imagine the frustrated (1) strike “and” at the end of subparagraph (a) IN CENEe.AL.—Chapter 2 of title 18, congestion that someone might engage (C); and United States Code, is amended by adding at in Washington, D.C. or any other large (2) strike the period at the end of subpara the end the following: city, the convenience of just pushing graph (Dl and insert “: and” and the fol transmitters “i39. Traffic signal preemption the button and changing the light. One lowing: of fiscal years 2005 “(a) OFFENsES.— can imagine a terrorist act and what “(Eki) in the case knowingly sells a through 2007, 50 percent of the operating cost “U) SALE.—A person who harm and devastation they could cause traffic signal preemption transmitter in or of equipment and facilities for use in mass to emergency vehicle response to their affecting interstate or foreign commerce to a transportation in an urbanized area with a out of a person who is not acting on behalf of a public ability to get in and to get population of more than 200,000 if the transit agency or private corporation authorized by place quickly. system with respect to which the grant is bethg made operates in an urbanized area law to provide fire protection, law enforce El 1230 ment, emergency medical services, transit that exceeded 200,000 in population according services, maintenance, or other services for a The dangers of this are real, the dan to the 2000 Census; or Federal, State, or local government entity, gers are growing. This amendment “(ii) in the case of fiscal years 2008 and shall, notwithstanding section 3571(b) of title would simply apply some common 2009, 25 percent of the operating cost referred 18, United States Code, be fined according to sense and make it illegal for those who to in clause (i). this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, are selling this on the Internet, fur The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to or both. those who are in possession of this, who House Resolution 144, the gentleman person who makes unauthor “(2) UsE—A should not be. I think it is crucial. from Pennsylvania (Mr. PITT5) and a of a traffic signal preemption trans ized use Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, will the Member opposed each will control 5 mitter in or affecting interstate or foreign yield? minutes. commerce shall be fined according to this gentleman of Michigan. I yield to The Chair recognizes the gentleman title, imprisoned not more than S months, or Mr. ROGERS both. the gentleman from Wisconsin. from Pennsylvania (Mr. PInS). ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONs—In this section, the fol Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I just Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, I yield lowing definitions apply: want to compliment the gentleman for myself such time as I may consume. “U) TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION TRANS being an alert legislator. Technology Mr. Chairman, under current law, M1fl”ER.—The term ‘traffic signal preemption creates new possibilities for mischief when an urbanized area exceeds 200,000 transmitter’ means any mechanism that can as well as for good. The gentleman has in population, the transit system serv traffic signal’s phase time change or alter a Spotted a problem, and we thank the ing the area not only receives less Fed or sequence. gentleman for calling it to our atten eral transit funding, but also loses “(2) UNAtITMORIZEO usE.—The term ‘unau and I their flexibility to use Federal transit thorized use’ means use of a traffic signal tion. We support the amendment, funds to meet unique local transit preemption transmitter by a person who is believe it will be adopted without oppo acting on behalf of a public agency or sition. needs. not census private corporation authorized by law to pro Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Chair The 2000 Census was the first vide fire protection, law enforcement, emer man, reclaiming my time, I thank the carried out under this law, and we are gency medical services, transit services, chairman for working with us on this. now seeing the consequences of this maintenance, or other services for a Federal, I do want to thank the Committee on law, which uses an arbitrary and out The term State, or local government entity. Transportation and Infrastructure and dated threshold that was really first use’ does not apply to use of a ‘unauthorized the Committee on the Judiciary for established and used in the 1950s. traffic signal preemption transmitter for with us, the Committee on Today it is hurting our Nation’s most classroom or instructional purposes.”. working work thriving communities. Fifty-two small TANLE OF SEcTIONs—TIle table of sec Rules, and Senator DEWINE for (b) systems across the Nation and tions for chapter 2 of title 18, United States ing with me on this amendment and of transit Code, is amended by adding at the end the fering the same in the Senate. the communities they serve face a fi following: I also want to thank my staff mem nancial crisis that they are not “39. Traffic signal preemption transmit ber, Heather Keiser, who has been pas equipped to handle. That means more ters.”. sionate about traffic safety and work than 11 million people acruss the coun serv The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to ing on intelligent technology systems. try will have their public transit House Resolution 144, the gentleman She has been passionately involved in ice affected. systems will have to cut routes from Michigan (Mr. MIKE ROCERS) and these types of activities, who actually These fares in the hope of making a Member opposed each will control 5 raised the flag and said this is a prob and raise But for most, even that will minutes. lem and it needs to be fixed for the ends meet. will hurt pas The Chair recognizes the gentleman safety and security of our local Ameri not he enough. This workers from Michigan (Mr. R0uERS). cans and our local emergency service sengers who rely on transit, elderly Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Chair personnel. I thank her as well. She is who need to get to their jobs, store or man, I yield myself such time as I may getting ready to leave this week, so who need to get to the grocery particu consume. this is a great way for her to go out on pharmacy and, in my distriut, Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the such a high note, I think, making an larly the Amish, who rely on transit committee today for taking up this important difference. because it is against their religion to very important piece of legislation. It Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal owns cars. these transit systems may be innocuous in the grand scheme ance of my time. We need to give funding solu of this important bill that we are about The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. time to find alternative local levels. My to pass, setting the transportation AUERHOLT). The question is on the tions at the State and March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1307 amendment allows these small transit particularly important to my constitu is just extends it to end of the author systems, only 52 of them, to have flexi ents in Lubbock, Texas. ization. bility in using 50 percent of their Fed I want to repeat, this amendment Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, re eral transit funds through the year 2007 does not increase funding for transit claiming my time, that is correct. I and then reduces that 25 percent for systems. Rather, it gives them some said that at the very outset. I made it 2008 and 2009. flexibility to manage those transit sys very clear we extended it through 2005. This is the least we can do for these tems in the most efficient and effective That was our understanding. That is systems that are servicing some of the ways. what I thought was the agreement we healthiest growing communities across Under the current law, once an ur reached and the compromise, that we the country. banized area exceeds 200,000 people in would go through 2005. Then you just Two systems in my districts, Red population, it loses that flexibility. have a few more years until the next Rose Transit and BARTA in Reading What impact that is going to have on census, and then the issue would be re are facing a financial crisis because of my constituents in Lubbock, Texas, is solved for all of the country and not this law. We should not punish healthy my transit system has had to try to just a few areas. systems in growing communities. scale back the hours of operation, par So I urge defeat of the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the chair ticularly some on Saturday. Saturday Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today man’s support for holding these sys is when a lot of families need to get to in support of the amendment proposed by Mr. tems harmless over the past couple of the doctor and need to go buy gro Pins of Pennsylvania. The Pitts amendment years. However, due to the uncertainty ceries. But quite honestly, also for peo protects smaller transit systems’ flexibility in surrounding this year and the transpor ple who live in my district who are em utilizing Federal transit funds. Unlike current tation programs throughout the coun ployed, that have to get to work on law, which punishes these transit systems and try, these small systems have not been Saturdays. communities, the Pitts amendment extends able to find local solutions. We need So what we need to do is have these flexibility by providing additional time to seek more time, and I urge Members to sup communities work with their transit State and local solutions to the funding prob port the amendment. systems and look for alternative ways lems they face. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance to fund transit in the future. We need Transit systems across the country are se In of my time. to give them some time and the flexi verely restricted by the current regulation. Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise bility they need to do that. my district in Massachusetts, the Southeast in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I urge Members to Regional Transit Authority is being constrained The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen support this amendment. by this regulation, making it impossible for tleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBERSTAR) Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, I yield them to meet local needs of the city of Fall is recognised for 5 minutes. myself such time as I may consume. River. transit sys Mr. OBIIRSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. Chairman, let me just say, again, Current law punishes smaller they simply yield myself 2 minutes. this is not asking for more money; it is tems and the communities serve Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from flexibility, and it is a phased-down because they are thriving. These smaller tran Pennsylvania has made a very strong flexibility to soften the blow on the sit systems rely on budget tlexibility and can Octo case for the issue which he presents small transit system and provide them not make major revisions overnight. On with this amendment, and we in the more time to find alternative solutions ber 1, 2005, these systems will lose all flexi committee have worked with the gen to the funding crises they face. There bility. The Pills amendment extends their tlexi tleman and his staff to allow transit are some 52 systems, many represented bility by phasing out their funding options over my systems in urbanized areas to retain by Members from the other side of the a 5-year period. That’s a good idea. I urge impor flexibility in the use of Federal transit aisle. colleagues to join me in supporting this formula funds, and I thought we had I urge support for the amendment. tant amendment. Mr. Chairman, 1 worked out throughout the develop Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal Mr. OBERSTAR. back the balance of my time. ment of TEA-LU the extension that the ance of my time. yield The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques gentleman was seeking to extend the Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I tion is on the amendment offered by period of flexibility for urbanized areas yield myself the balance of my time. there is a the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 1,0 use Federal funds for operating as Mr. Chairman, certainly Pl’rrs) sistance through this year, which is concern among those metropolitan The question was taken; and the Act half the time before the next census areas whose population has grown sig ing Chairman announced that the ayes More than 50 urbanized areas have nificantly since the 2000 Census, and appeared to have it. been eligible to use their transit grants they are seeking more flexibility for Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I demand for operating expenses, but apparently the use of funds on their Federal tran a recorded vote. the gentleman wants to go further sit formula grant to use those dollars The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to than we agreed in our internal delib for operating assistance. But to extend clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro erations and discussions, and I think the flexibility beyond the 5 years, as ceedings on the amendment offered by that it goes beyond the agreement that we have provided in TEA—LU, would the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. we reached in committee. For that rea undermine the statutory formulas. Prm’s) will be postponed. support it. It might benefit some areas, the son, I cannot The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in Chairman, I reserve the balance pending amendment might benefit Mr. order to consider Amendment No. 9 time. some areas, but would inflict a fairness of my printed in House Report 109—15. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, I yield issue upon other areas, to indicate that AMENDMENT ND. 9 OFFERED BY MR. HONDA myself such time as I may consume. statutory formula that we use to ap HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I offer an Mr. Chairman, the extensions we portion funds using most recent census Mr. have had are only 6 months at a time. data is no longer applicable for a cer amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk We have had a couple of those. We tain area. will designate the amendment. would like to extend to the end of the The amendment as offered would cre The text of the amendment is as fol authorization period. ate confusion and would create unfair Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the ness among users, among other transit lows: from Texas (Mr. systems across the country. Amendment No. 9 offered by Mr. HONOA: gentleman to be Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, will the In subparagraph (I) that is proposed NEUGEBAUER). added at the end of section 410(b)(l) of title Mr. Chairman, I gentleman yield? Mr. NEUcIEBAUER. 23, United States code, by section 2tt03(b)(6) I yield to the gen rise in support of this amendment, Mr. OBERSTAR. of the bill, insert after ‘‘(A)(i)(ii)’’ the fol from Pennsylvania. which will help small transit systems tleman lowing: “, including a program of the court maintain flexibility in the use of their Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, as a point system (such as a driving while intoxicated Federal money. I would like to thank of clarification, it is my understanding courtl for the purpose of changing the behav the gentleman from Pennsylvania for that what is in TEA—LU only extends ior of alcohol or drug dependent offenders ar his leadership on this issue, which is the flexibility to 2005. What mine does rested for driving while impaired.”. H1308 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to eligible for funding under the Alcohol-Impaired (h) SOUND AND OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC PRAc H. Res. 144, the gentleman from Cali Driving Countermeasures section of the bill. TIcEs.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Assessments of risks to fornia (Mr. HONDA) and a Member op It has become clear that the traditional proc human health or the environment and re ess is not working for repeat drunk driving of posed each will control 5 minutes. search conducted under this section shalt use Mr. OBERSTAR. The Chair recog fenders. Punishment that is unaccompanied sound and objective scientific practices. As nizes the gentleman from California by treatment and accountability is an ineffec sessments of risks to human health or the (Mr. HONDA). tive deterrent for the repeat OWl offender. The environment conducted under this section. Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman. I yield outcome for the offender is continued depend where such an assessment concerns the eval myself 2 minutes. ence on alcohol; the outcome for communities uation of multiple studies, shall consider the Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from is the continued threat of drivers under the in best available science, and shall include a de scription of the weight of the scientific evi Michigan (Mr. EHLERS) and I offer a fluence of drugs and alcohol. that DWI/Drug Courts are distinct court systems dence. simple but important amendment (2) FEDERAL agencies alcohol/ AGENcIES.—Federal will make explicit the eligibility of dedicated to changing the behavior of using studies funded under this section to DWI Courts for basic grant funds under drug dependent offenders arrested for OWl. conduct an assessment of risks to human section 2003 of H.R. 3, TEA—LU. Section The goal of OWl/Drug Courts is to protect health or the environment shall use sound 2003 authorizes fonds for Alcohol-Im public safety by attacking the root cause of and objective scientific practices in assess paired Driving Countermeasures. DWI: alcohol and other drug abuse. ing risks, shall consider the best available In the year 2003, approximately 17,400 OWl/Drug Courts utilize all criminal justice science, and shall include a description of Americans were killed in alcohol-re stateholders (prosecutors, defense attorneys, the weight of the scientific evidence. lated accidents across this country. probation, law enforcement, and others) along The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to These deaths constitute 40 percent of with alcohol/drug treatment professionals. This House Resolution 144, the gentleman all traffic-related facilities. Make no group of professionals comprises a “OWl/Drug from Texas (Mr. BARTON) and a Mem mistake; drunk driving is a public Courts Team,” which is usually accountable to ber opposed each will control 5 min health crisis, and DWI Courts, which the OWl/Drug Court judge who heads the utes. are on the front lines of the national team. The OWl/Drug Court Team uses a The Chair recognizes the gentleman efforts to curb drunk driving, offer a team-oriented approach to systematically from Texas (Mr. BARTON). proven method of reducing recidivism change participant behavior. This approach in (Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and rates among DWI offenders. cludes identification and referral of participants was given permission to revise and ex Unlike traditional court systems, early in the legal process to a full continuum tend his remarks.) DWI Courts hold offenders to the high of drug/alcohol treatment and other rehabilita Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chair est level of accountability, while pro tive services. These courts have been very man, I yield myself such time as I may viding long-term intensive treatment successful in Michigan, where approximately consume. sure and compliance monitoring to address one-third of all DWI courts are located. I offer this amendment to make studies the root cause of the DWI, alcohol A five-year study conducted on the Lansing, that the so-called scientific the of the abuse. Ml DUl/Drug Court demonstrates a 13 percent performed under provisions and OWl Courts are so successful because recidivism rate for graduates of the OUt/Drug bill are, in fact, based on science view or preconceived they draw on a diverse range of profes Court program versus 35 percent for a com not on anyone’s science should be. sionals, governmental agencies and parison group. Unfortunately, funding and re notions of what For too long, documents and studies community organizations. Each DWI sources are often an obstacle to starting OWl performed on risk assessments on Court judge heads a team of prosecu courts. the environment have been tors, defense attorneys, probation offi Adopotion of this amendment will deliver a health aod produced that do not really reflect cers, law enforcement representatives clear and unmistakable message to the Amer science, but rather a given policy bias and alcohol treatment professionals. ican people that Congress will take the nec mixed viih elements of science. That They work in concert with each other essary steps to stop drunk driving. It wilt send document is then paraded forward, as if and governmental community organi the clear and unmistakable message that we it were a true risk assessment. zations to ensure that DWI offenders support the valuable work being done by OWl! I want to make sure that when the get the punishment they deserve and Drug Courts. are eligible for Federal Government asks for a risk as the treatment and services they need Clarifying that DWI courts state and local sessment, that the response is based on to be responsible members of our soci funding will encourage more treat sound and objective scientific prac ety. Evidence suggests that these DWI courts to pursue these comprehensive, encourage my col tices. I also want to ensure that the as Courts are working. ment-driven programs. I sessor of those risks to human health Unfortunately, too few DWI Courts leagues to support the Honda amendment. Chairman, I yield and the environment consider the best are taking advantage of Federal trans Mr. HONDA. Mr. time. available scientific information. portation dollars and section 2003 of back the balance of my Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques These types of requirements are not H.R. 3 does not clearly authorize use of The on the amendment offered by new. These are the same types of re grant funds for these courts. Our tion is gentleman from California (Mr. quirements we have enacted in law for amendment will clear up any confusion the the purpose of the Safe Water Drinking in this regard and encourage additional HONDA). The amendment was agreed to. Act; and not surprisingly, those prin jurisdictions to establish their own ciples have worked very well. DWI Courts. D 1245 With this amendment, we will also Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. follow a related recommendation with to support this amendment. con ADERHOLT). It is now in order to the 1997 recommendation of the Presi Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, will the sider amendment No. 10 printed in dent’s Commission on Risk Assessment gentleman yield? House Report 109—15. Risk Management. Specifically, Mr. HONDA. I yield to the gentleman and AMENDMENT NO. 10 OFFERED BY MR. BARTON OF amendment asks assessors of risks from Wisconsin. the TEXAS a of the weight Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I would to provide description Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chair evidence concerning a given just like to commend the gentleman of the man, I offer an amendment. when a new risk for this amendment and for making the risk. In other words, The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk the environment is law clear about these courts. They to our health or will designate the amendment. those responsible have been an effective program. claimed in a study, The text of the amendment is as fol describe We support the amendment, and for releasing the study must lows: best thank the gentleman for his contribu their understanding of what Amendment No. 10 offered by Mr. BARTON tion. science tells us about that risk. of Texas: The bill before us today contains a Mr. EHLEAS. Mr. Chairman, rise in sup Before the closing quotation marks at the providing for the Surface port of the HondalEhlers amendment. end of the matter proposed to be inserted as section The purpose of this amendment is simply to section 507 of title 23, United States Code, by Transportation Environment and Plan clarify and make explicit that DWI courts are section 5203 of the bill, insert the following: ning Cooperative Research program. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1309 This section, among other items, ad guage. It is language that is in current This amendment will do nothing to dresses risk assessments of public law for the Safe Water Drinking Act. improve the quality of science pro health and the environment. These So there are a number of eminent duced by this program or ensure the subject matters are within the jurisdic groups and individuals that do support proper use by the Federal agencies. For tion of the committee on Energy and it. that reason, I would ask that this Commerce. I want to ensure that these Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he amendment be defeated. of Texas. Mr. Chair provisions reflect the congressional de may consume to the gentleman from Mr. BARTON I believe I have the right to close, sire for sound science. New York (Mr. BOEHLERT). man, close if the I want to thank the gentleman from Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise and I am ready to gen which re from Minnesota is ready. New York (Chairman BOENLERT) of the in support of this amendment tleman that originated in the Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, our Committee on Science for his work and lates to language on Science. The language of side has the right to close. I await the assistance in the base text of the lan Committee was negotiated be arguments on the part of the gen guage and also for his and his staff’s the amendment tween the Committee on Science and tleman from Texas. assistance in working out the language Committee on Energy and Com The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen of this amendment. the I, frankly, do not think that tleman from Minnesota has the right Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues merce. is especially nec to close. to support the amendment. this amendment essary, but I feel comfortable with the Mr. BARTON of Texas. I thought the Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance author of the amendment had the right of my time. language. The language we worked out does not to close. Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I allow any political interference with The Acting CHAIRMAN. The man claim the time in opposition to the science, nor does it set any new stand ager in opposition has the right to amendment. ards for science. It does not raise any close. Mr. Chairman, how much time re Texas. Mr. Chair legal hurdles for scientists or agencies. Mr. BARTON of mains of the gentleman from Texas? myself the remaining It is a simple statement of what we ex man, I yield The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen pect from scientific research and the time. tleman from Texas has 3 minutes re My first response to my good friend, use of that research, particularly risk maining. the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. assessments. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I is member of both the Mr. What we expect is what any scientist GORDON), who a 2 minutes. Science and the Com yield myself would expect, which is that the re Committee on Mr. Chairman, on the face of it, who Energy and Commerce, is searchers strive for objectivity and use mittee on could object to sound science, objective that this amendment the best available scientific practices, that he is right science? That is what science should the jurisdiction of the Com and that when the literature review is exceeds the thrust of this amendment and Infra be. But done for a risk assessment, that that mittee on Transportation the words of the amendment. That is why it was offered by is not in review look at the best available structure. going to get us to that of the Committee on En They are not science and that it describe where the the chairman says, in consid Commerce, because it does point. The language weight of the scientific evidence is. ergy and human the com ering assessment of risks to It is pretty hard to imagine a case not exceed the jurisdiction of an and has been health and the environment, such where that would not be done, which is mittee that I chair con with the assessment, where an assessment why I do not think the amendment is worked out in conjunction stud the Committee on Trans cerns the evaluation of multiple of any urgency; but I think the lan chairman of Infrastructure and the ies, shall include the best available guage we worked out with the gen portation and of the Committee on Science. science and description of the weight tleman from Texas (Chairman BARTON) chairman of on, if you put us all in the same tent the scientific evidence. And further is fair and balanced and limited; and So it does not exceed the ju in subsection 2, a description of the therefore I support it. collectively, weight. That is not objectivity. That is Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, can I risdiction. language that we are using is totally subjective. To start considering inquire of the Chairman how much The that was put forward initially the weight of scientific evidence, that time remains on the side of the gen language a Presidential commission under is not a scientific term in and of itself. tleman from Texas. by administration in So I am all for science and for good The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen President Clinton’s and it is their language science, but this language is going to tleman from Texas has 1 minute re the rnid-l990s, incorporating into the obfuscate the evaluation of risks and maining. that we are not some sub open the door of opportunity for more Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, 1 amendment. So this is or lawsuits over what is meant by weight, yield 1½ minutes to the gentleman terfuge to use Republican language it is language multiple studies, available science. I from Tennessee (Mr. GORDON). conservative language; adopted and sup think this goes directly in the opposite (Mr. GORDON asked and was given that was originally Clinton in his ad direction of the purpose of the gen permission to revise and extend his re ported by President tleman from Texas. marks.) ministration. trying to do with this Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Mr. GORDON. First of all, Mr. Chair All we are is make sure that as var of my time. man, let me point out that the scope of amendment and we need Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chair this amendment exceeds the jurisdic ious projects come forward and risk assess man, I yield myself such time as I may tional boundaries of the underlying to do investigations done based on sound consume bill. In fact, it exceeds the jurisdic ments, that it be is an I want to make a brief comment and tional boundaries of the Committee on scientific principles. I think that upon, then recognize the gentleman from Transportation and Infrastructure. issue that both sides can agree vote on the New York (Mr. BOEHLERT), the chair it appears to amend all laws adminis and I would urge a “yes” man of the Committee on Science. tered by all Federal agencies that may amendment. the CMAQ program—like any When the gentleman from Minnesota use information from this program in a In my view, dollars—should be applied as cost asked who could object to this, we human health or environmental assess use of tax possible to achieve appropriate know the answer. The good gentleman ment. This is a poor precedent to es effectively as goals. from Minnesota, my good friend ob tablish. Federal policy A recent study suggests some CMAQ jects to it. So that answers that ques If we have concerns about Federal uses—such as building bike paths—do little to tion. agencies using high-quality scientific either congestion or air pollution, which I would point out that the gentleman information, we should address those relieve are the policy goals of CMAQ. The Transpor from Alaska (Chairman YOUNG) sup concerns through oversight and legisla Research Board study estimates that ports this, and the gentleman from tion done in our respective committees tation funded with CMAQ money cost the New York (Chairman BOEHLERT) sup in a manner tailored to fit the indi bike paths on average $80,000 per ton of pollu ports this, and the President’s Council vidual agencies where the laws were taxpayer If this study is correct, in my on Risk Assessment supports this lan- administered. tion removed. H1310 CONGRESSIONAL 1UCORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 or mainte can and should be better the edges with such vague terms as designated as a nonattainment view, CMAO dollars ozone as described in section ‘weight of evidence.” They evaluate nance area for spent. 149(b), any county within the area was also They make scientific New technologies have recently proven very the evidence. classified under subpart 3 of part D of title I cost effective in reducing pollution. For exam judgments. They come to good science- of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512 eL seq.) as ple, diesel retrofit and anti-idling technologies based conclusions. That is where we a nonattainment or maintenance area de are having positive results around the Nation. ought to go; and if the gentleman were scribed in section 149(b) for carbon mon Retrofit technologies—which are being used in serious about this issue of getting very oxide, the weighted nonattainment or main de the President’s Clean School Bus program are objective scientific evidence to bear on tenance area population of the county, as termined under clauses (i) through (vi) or much like the catalytic converter on your car. environmental issues of health or envi (viii) of subparagraph (B), shalt be further capable of removing 80 to ronment, subject it to review of the These devices are multiplied by a factor of 1.2.”; Academy of Sciences. That 90 percent of the pollutants from the exhaust National by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and We (3) of a diesel engine. The increased use of these would be standard enough for us. (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec technologies in other sectors of the economy would let it ride at that. But as it tively; and should be encouraged. stands, I must oppose the amendment. (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the Any steps we can lake to clarity that CMAO The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques following: money can be spent to deploy a new crop of tion is on the amendment offered by “(B) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT FOR PM-2.5 OR AREAS—If, in addition to being des technologies including retrofits and anti-idling the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BAR PM-il ignated as a nonattainment or maintenance highly effective at reducing TON). devices that are area for ozone or carbon nionoxide, or both, good was taken; and the Act emissions from diesel engines makes The question as described in section 149(b), any county sense. Our states are scrambling to find ways ing Chairman announced that the ayes within the area was also designated under to deal with the new EPA designations without appeared to have it. the PM—2.5 or PM—lB standard as a non- jeopardizing economic development. Using Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I de attainment or maintenance area, the weigh t CMAO funds more wisely may help us out a mand a recorded vote. ed nonattainment or maintenance area popu shall be further mul great deal. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to lation of those counties of 1.2”. Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro tiplied by a factor yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from ceedings on the amendment offered by The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to Oregon (Mr. DEFAZI0). the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BAR House Resolution 144, the gentleman Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I be TON) will be postponed. from Arizona (Mr. SHADEGG) and a lieve this would become the lawyers’ It is now in order to consider amend Member opposed each will control 5 full employment act, and the other side ment No. H printed in House Report minutes. of the aisle is not usually avidly sup 109—15. The Chair recognizes the gentleman SHADRGG). porting the lawyers, because this is so AMENDMENT NO. Ii OFFERED BY MR. SHADEGO from Arizona (Mr. vague, a description of the weight of Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Chairman, I offer 0 1300 evidence. How would we scientific an amendment. Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Chairman, I yield weigh it? Do we weigh it physically? CHAIRMAN. The Clerk The Acting myself such time as I may consume. it on a molecular basis? Do we weigh will designate the amendment. Mr. Chairman, my amendment seeks the weight? amendment is as fol What is The text of the to address a significant air quality expect that this would lead to I lows: issue facing many of our communities lengthy and contentious litigation at SHADEGG: Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. and our constituents. expense to the taxpayers and ba A of title I, add the great At the end of subtitle Out’ Nation faces a serious air quality sically inhibit government agencies following (and conform the fable of contents problem with tiny particles of dust and using the best available science. of the bill accordingly): from chemicals otherwise known as particu too vague. It should be defeated. SEC. 5125. ADDITION OF PARTICULATE MATTER It is late matter. Particulate matter is a Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, how AREAS TO CM.AQ. of title 23, United States health hazard because people breathe it much time do I have remaining? Section 104(b)(2) in and the human respiratory system The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)— cannot fitter the particles out because tleman from Minnesota has 2 minutes (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by they are so small. remaining. striking “ozone or carbon monoxide” and in Thirty States have areas with partic Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I or particu serting “ozone, carbon monoxide, ulate matter problems and over 300 yield myself the remaining time. this paragraph referred to as late matter (in million Americans live in communities Let me first make it clear that the ‘PM—2.5 or PM—lB’)’ facing this issue. Many Scientific stud language of this amendment was not (B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the ies have linked the breathing of partic worked out with staff on our side, nor following: time of apportionment, ulate matter to a series of health prob by the majority staff. I represent on ‘(i) 1.0, if at the area is a maintenance area;”; lems, including aggravated asthma, this issue the bipartisan position of the the (C) in clause (vi) by striking “or” after the chronic bronchitis, decreased lung committee in opposition. semicolon; function and also premature death. We have seen the dangers of manipu (D) in clause (vii)— Particulate matter is also the major lated science. The tobacco industry ‘‘area as described in section (i) by striking cause of haze and reduced visibility in produced study after study trashing 149(b) for ozone” and inserting “area for many parts of the country. That is pre the impact of smoking and secondhand ozone (as described in section 149(b)) or for cisely the reason why Congress re smoke, only to be overturned in case PM—2.5 or PM—jo”; and period at the end and quired communities to achieve air after case and by Federal Government (ii) by striking the a semicolon; and quality standards for these small par health agencies. This year, we have inserting (E) by adding at the end the following: ticulate matters under the Clean Air seen the dangers of industry-funded “(viii) 1.0 if, at the time of apportionment, Act. studies on Vioxx and Celebrex, and any county that is not designated as a non- The EPA has accordingly established those two drugs have been withdrawn. area under the 1- attainment or maintenance two standards for particulate matter. Was that done on the basis of weight of standard is designated as non- hour ozone One is PM—lO, which is a fairly fine par evidence? Such a vague and subjective attainment under the I-hour ozone standard; ticulate matter, and the second is PM— standard. or 2.5 which is extremely fine particulate Mr. Chairman, the National Academy “(ix) 1.2 if, at the time of apportionment, is not a nonattainment or mainte matter. Both are produced by vehicles of Sciences is the authority that we the area nance area as described in section 149(b) for driving on both paved and unpaved frequently turn to in the Committee on ozone or carbon monoxide, but is an area roads, and neither PM—iD nor PM—2.5 Transportation and Infrastructure and the designated as nonattainment under PM— can be filtered out by the human res in the transportation community. 2.5 or PM—lB standard.”; piratory system. They oversee transportation environ (2) by striking subparagraph (C) and insert Current law allows States to use mental research. They, the National ing the following: funds provided through the Congestion Academy of Sciences, truly are the “(C) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT FOR cARBoN being Management Air Quality Improvement gold standard. They do not play around MONOXIDE AP,EAS.—If, in addition to Marc/i 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1311 program, known as CMAQ, to achieve tleman graciously agreed to address, Mr. Chairman, I affirm my willing compliance with particulate matter. both the gentleman and the full com ness to wurk with the gentleman and However, the current allocation for mittee chairman, in the conference. the chairman to resolve this matter as mula for funding under that law does It is a complicated issue. When we we proceed to conference on with not make any reference to or include dealt with this issue last year, one of drawal of the amendment. particulate matter. This leads to sig these two pollutants had been included Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal nificant funding shortfalls with regard in the bill on the Senate side; the other ance of my time. Mr. SBADEGG. Mr. Chairman, based to dealing with particulate matter had not. So our concern was tu make on the of both the problems. sure that, if we dealt with one, we representations committee and the My amendment seeks to correct this should deal with both because some chairman of the ranking their gracious will inequity by adding both the EPA States are confronted by a problem by member, ingness to work on this issue as it standards fur particulate matter fur one of those, and some States are con moves to conference and their ac PM—b and PM—2.5 to this allocation fronted by a problem with the other. knowledgment that it is a serious con formula. The language is essential be Quite frankly, some States have buth. cern, I ask unanimous consent to with cause it will greatly aid areas with par But I am prepared at the right point in draw the amendment. time tu withdraw the amendment ticulate matter pollution problems in The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. understanding from both meeting the air quality standards, par based on my HEFLEY). Is there objection to the re and the ticularly the emissions of these pollut the full committee chairman quest of the gentleman frum Arizona? ants from roads. ranking member that this is an issue There was no objection. Measures which States and counties which can be addressed. It is indeed a The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in are required by law to take tu deal more complicated issue than can be order tn consider amendment number with particulate matter problems in dealt with in a floor amendment and it 12 printed in Rouse Repurt 109—15. clude purchasing specially designed can be addressed in conference. And AMENDMENT NO. 12 OFFERED BY MR. FLAKE street sweepers; curbing, paving and based on the assurances I received I am Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an stabilizing the shoulders of paved more than willing to do that. amendment. roads; paving, vegetating and chemi I am nut anxious to do it now be The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk cally stabilizing access points and un cause I have one gentleman who would will designate the amendment. paved roads; the timing of traffic like to speak to the issue, but once he The text of the amendment is as fol lights; and using unformnlated gaso has had a chance to du so I will be lows: line. happy to proceed as agreed. Amendment No. 12 offered by Mr. FLAKE: Again, this is a serious issue facing Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I as At the end of section 1103 of the bill, add directly affects sure the gentleman that we will reach the following: our communities. It SuBTRAcTION OF EARMARKS FROM SuR good faith a resolution to this (el my constituents and those of many of in every FAcE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FuNnrNn.— my fellow colleagues. matter. Section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States My amendment would make the Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Code, is amended— CMAQ program more equitable in its of my time. (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking “sub allocation of resources and would rec Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Chairman, I yield paragraph (Al” and inserting “subparagraphs ognize the significant air quality con 1 minute to the gentleman from Geor (Al and (C)”: and (2) by adding at the end the fotlowing: cern which is currently overlooked in gia (Mr. GINGREY). Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Chairman, I “(C) SuBTRAcTION OF EARMARKS.— the programs’ funding formula. appor thank the gentleman from Arizona ‘(i) IN 0ENERAL.—Amounts to be I urge my colleagues to support the tioned to a State under subparagraph (A) for yielding me time. amendment. (Mr. SHAPEGG) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the redeced by the aggregate amount made of my time. gentleman’s amendment. I believe that available to the State (and recipieuts in the Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I the Federal government and the Con State) out of the Highway Trust Fund fur claim time in opposition to the amend gress need to be part of the solution to that fiscal year for projects described in sec 1702, 1018 of the Transpor ment, and I yield myself such time as cities around the country that are in tions 3037, and tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. I may cunsume. non-attainment status. This amendment is a good step in “(ii) EFFECT ON MINIMUM GUARANTEE—In Mr. Chairman, the gentleman frum determining a State’s percentage return providing relief for cities such as Co Arizona (Mr. SHAnECC) raises a very se from the Highway Trust Fund (other than rious matter, modifying the Congestion lumbus, Georgia, in Muskogee County, the Mass Transit Account) for purposes of Management and Air Quality Improve part of my 11th Congressional District, section 105 for a fiscal year, the Secretary ment provisions in current law and the that only recently has been designated shall treat amounts subtracted under clause formula. nun-attainment, and it is nun-attain (i) for that fiscal year as amounts appor The manner in which the gentleman ment of this PM—2.5 that the gen tioned to the State for the surface transpor program that fiscal year. proposes to do this is a little more tleman from Arizona (Mr. SHAnEGG) tation for “(iii) REAPP0RTIONMENT.—Amuunts sub than I think is appropriate was just talking about, these tiny 2.5 complicated tracted from a State fur a nscal year under or below microparticulate matter. to resolve in amendment form on the this subparagraph shall be reapportioned another day, I guess, floor. But I, in cooperation with the We can save for among the States under the formela in sub chairman of the full committee, be the debate over particulate matter paragraph (A).”. whether cities lieve we can work this out with the non-attainment and The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to should be designated gentleman from Arizona (Mr. SHAnEGG) such as Columbus House Resolution 144, the gentleman would like to say as we proceed to conference. as such. But today, I from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE) and a Mem If the gentleman is inclined to with thank you to the gentleman from Ari ber opposed each will control 5 min draw the amendment, having given a zona (Mr. SHAnartu) for offering this utes. very thoughtful discussion of it, I be amendment that will allow funding to The Chair recognizes the gentleman lieve as we did last year in the effort tu be provided to these cities. from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE). reach a bill which we ultimately did I understand the gentleman may Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I yield nut, not for this reason but for other withdraw the amendment. I appreciate myself such time as I may consume. reasons, that we can work this matter the ranking member being wining to Mr. Chairman, in years past, I have out. work with him on trying to resolve offered this amendment as well. My Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Speaker, will the this. But on behalf of the people of concern with the highway bill is that gentleman yield? Muskogee Cuunty and the City Colum there are so many earmarks totaling Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield tu the gen bus and Phoenix City, Alabama, as over $11 million in last year’s bill and tleman from Arizona. well, I think this is a good idea and I somewhere similar this year that those Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Chairman, as we commend the amendment. earmarks come off the top, and it de have discussed, this is an issue which I Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I creases the amount of money made raised last year and un which the gen yield myself the balance of my time. available to Arizona in the end. H1312 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE March 10, 2005 My amendment would fund the ear standing is that the manager’s amend if I thought for one moment that any marks under the line, meaning that the ment did contain language to actually of these dollars were spent for any earmarks would come out of a State’s fund the earmarks below the line, thing other than transportation, I formula, not off the top, meaning that meaning that they actually will and would be frankly against it. But every my formula in Arizona would be dimin much of this amendment is actually dollar being spent is for transpor ished for earmarks in Vermont or Alas contained in the bill already. Is that tation. And this is the one time every ka or another State. not the case? l3ecause if so, there is no 6 years that there is an opportunity to, My amendment, I should point out, way we can come anywhere close to in fact, advance for each of the Mem would neither strike nor prevent Mem reaching the 92.6 that has been, if not hers’ district, and if you do not choose bers from securing earmarks for their guaranteed, bandied about. to do that, that is your prerogative. district. It would, however, put the dis Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will But to have other Members to be de cussion for State priorities where it be the gentleman yield? prived of that opportunity, I think, is longs, at the State levels or among Mr. FLAKE. I yield to the gentleman inappropriate. from Minnesota. State delegations. Members of my dele LI 1315 gation from Arizona, for example, Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, we The gentleman and I have discussed could get together and say we are not reached a delicate balance in extensive this amendment for quite a while, and convinced that our State Department negotiation between the majority and I can just about assure him I have com Transportation is putting the right minority, between the leadership in a of mitted to the donor States that we priority on this area or this area, or, formula that is spelled out in the man would be able to, in fact, reach that they are ignoring my dis ager’s amendment that accomplishes politically, 92.6, and it will be in the final version trict, for example. Those are decisions the goal in real terms of achieving 92.6 of the bill when it goes to the Presi that could be made there; but other percent return for all States. my time, if dent’s desk. States should not be penalized by our Mr. FLAKE. Reclaiming chair, my under The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. earmarks. And that is what has hap the chairman would the gentleman would HEFLEY). The gentleman’s time has ex pened in years past. I just want to standing is, and if the guts of this amend pired. make sure that it does not. clarify, that in the man Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, how I would like to ask the chairman or ment is already contained that is the case, much time remains on my side? the ranking minority member if they ager’s amendment. If willing consider with The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen are willing, after offering this amend then I am to to make sure tleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBERSTAR) ment, my understanding is that the drawing. But what I want that are still has 4 minutes remaining. manager’s amendment actually con is that the earmarks reports Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I tains language to fund earmarks below funded, and according to news will still be yield myself such time as 1 may con the line and do much of what my this morning, earmarks that are regional sume. amendment intended to do. funded above the line sig The chairman of the full committee My concern is that the criteria for in nature or regional in national to make sure has explained the issue very well. The earmarks that will still be funded nificance. I just want not point of inviting Members to submit above the line may be a little too loose there is criteria for those that will above the for designation by the committee and that, in the end, those earmarks start pulling other earmarks the amount projects of great significance within will end up coming out of my State’s line, therefore diminishing gets. their districts acknowledges the re formula as well. of return that my State Mr. Chair ality that not all wisdom in investing Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. man, will the gentleman yield? transportation dollars resides in State of my time. DOTs. Mr. Chairman, I rise Mr. FLAKE. I yield to the gentleman Mr. OBERSTAR. That is why the Federal Highway Ad in Opposition to the amendment. from Alaska. of Alaska. Mr. Chair ministration does not make these deci Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such Mr. YOUNG believe the gentleman’s sions. The dollars go from the Highway time as I may consume. man, 1 do not money under Trust Fund through the Federal High Mr. Chairman, this amendment gets State will get any less It will be at 92.6, and way Administration out to the States to the guts of the bill that we are pre what we propose. is to make decisions and when a road or senting to the House today. A similar the problem with this amendment amendment and a bridge is not built or improved, or a amendment, maybe even the exact lan that it is the Flake problem. I will transit system investment is not made, guage of this amendment, was over that is the number one after stressing our constituents come to us, Members whelmingly defeated last year by a tell you very frankly, very closely with the of Congress, you are out there in Wash vote of 367 to 60. The intent of the that we worked trying to ington, you vote on this legislation, amendment is simply to reduce a leadership, with everybody with the amount of you vote for the Highway Trust Fund, State’s apportionment under the Sur reach a solution still in fact take you set up the policies by which those face Transportation Program dollar for dollars we have and that believe in dollars are invested, and we are not dollar by the authorizations that Mem care of those Members have a say about some getting the investment that we need. bers of that State receive for highways fact they should into their State and So they come to us, and it is for us to and transit high-priority projects and monies that go idea that collec serve as a correction to State DOTs, require the Secretary to use a revised where it goes. The sit down with your fel and that is what we do in this process. apportionment that includes the offset tively you will you will arrive at a Now, in including Member high-pri in determining the State’s rate of re low Members and got two senators ority projects in the minimum guar turn. decision and you have it because antee, we have reached the 92.6 percent The amendment punishes States that over there, you can forget And this is return on equity to the States, resolv do well in high-priority projects and that is not going to happen. have ing the issue and the problem the gen transit new starts and redistributes the one time Members themselves decision for tleman from Arizona has raised. those dollars elsewhere. That is con an opportunity to make a Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair trary to the entire intent of this legis the State in their district. I believe has 52 man, will the gentleman yield? lation. Members should have a say in California, in which I have some areas Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield to the gel] the distribution of the dollars under Congressman now, nickel of Federal tleman from Alaska. this legislation. that have never got a Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance monies because of Caltrain who spends areas. man, in all due respects to my good of my time. it all in the larger populated from Arizona, I would appre Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I yield That is the unfortunate fact of life. Be colleague ciate it if he would withdraw the myself such time as I may consume. cause the Department of Transpor We know what he is try Mr. Chairman, my understanding of tation is not always right on the trans amendment. and I have told the leader the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. portation needs for individual districts, ing to do, we are going to get to where he OBERSTAR), if he will clarify, my under- and this is the House of the people. And ship March .70, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1313 wants to go. If my colleague insists on Mr. FLAKE. I have the right to close. MODIFICATIONS TO AMENDMENT a vote, I will reluctantly have to vigor I do have a minute to close. NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. YOUNG ously oppose it. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentle OF ALASKA TO H.R. 3, TRANS So I would like to make a suggestion. man’s time has expired. PORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEG part of valor. Discretion is the better Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I ask ACY FOR USERS Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, will the unanimous consent to withdraw my Mr. Alaska. gentleman yield? YOUNG of Mr. Speaker, I Mr. OBERSTAR. I yield to the gen amendment. ask unanimous consent that during tleman from Arizona. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there ob further consideration of H.R. 3 in the Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, 1 do, with jection to the request of the gentleman Committee of the Whole pursuant to the understanding that we do reach the from Arizona? House Resolution 144, the first amend 92.6 and understanding that we can There was no objection. ment printed in House Report 109—15 be that include earmarks considered to have been adopted with only do if we vAOATINO OEMANO FOE EEcOE0E0 VOTE ON under the line. Frankly, if my col AMENOMENT NO. 10 OFFERER ST MR. BARTON the modifications I have placed at the leagues do the math, that is the only OF TEXA5 desk. can. That is why I was pleased The SPEAKER pro tempore. The way we Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I ask that manager’s amendment Clerk will report the modifications. to see the unanimous consent to vacate the pro contain provision. did that ceedings by which a recorded vote was The Clerk read as follows: My concern is, and the gentleman requested on the Barton amendment. Modifications to amendment No. 1 offered from Alaska, my good friend, did men Alaska: The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there ob by Mr. Yoosc of tion that every dollar goes toward In the first paragraph on page 25 of the jection to the request of the gentleman transportation. It is simply not the amendment, strike ‘‘and strike ‘$1,250,000’” case. I read the bill last night, and from Minnesota? and all that follows through “‘$2,750,000’ some of it, some of it, but I did not There was no objection. On page 69 of the manager’s amendment, have to read all of it. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without ob after the amendment relating to item 864 of Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, re jection, the request for a recorded vote the table contained in section 1702 of the bill, claiming my time, I think the gen is vacated and the amendment is insert the following: tleman has made his case. Our side has adopted pursuant to the voice vote an In item number 492 of such table, strike “$3,000,000’’ and insert “$4,000,000”. made the case, and we have the right nounced by the Chair. to close, and I assure the gentleman In item number 498 of such table, strike Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair and insert from Arizona that the interests of the ‘‘$2,500,000” “$3,500,000”. man, I move that the Committee do In item number 1830 of such table, strike State of Arizona are well cared for in now rise. ‘‘$2,000,000” and insert “$3,000,000’’. this legislation and of all the States The motion was agreed to. In item number 2767 of such table, strike and the agreement that is embodied in Committee “$3,000,000” and insert ‘‘$4,000,000’’. the manager’s amendment was reached Accordingly, the rose; tempore In item number 3442 of such table, strike at the very highest levels of policy and the Speaker pro (Mr. McHuco-i) having assumed the chair, “$400,000” and insert ‘‘$500,000”. within this body and on the majority In item number 3443 of such table, strike Mr. HEFLET, Acting Chairman of the side, and we have to reject the gentle “$100,000’’ and insert “$1,500,000’’. Committee of the Whole House on the man’s amendment, and I would, in fact, In item number 968 of such table, strike urge him to withdraw the amendment. State of the Union, reported that that “$5,000,000” and insert ‘‘$7,000,000”. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal Committee, having had under consider In item number 508 of such table, strike ance of my time. ation the bill (H.R. 3) to authorize “$1,107,000” and insert ‘‘$1,827,000”. The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. funds for Federal-aid highways, high In item number 1612 of such table, strike HEFLEY). Does the gentleman from Ari way safety programs, and transit pro “$2,000,000” and insert “$2,880,000”. zona (Mr. FLAKE) withdraw the amend grams, and for other purposes, had On page 89 of the manager’s amendment, at ment? come to no resolution thereon. the end of such table add the following: HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS

No. State Project Description Amount

3632 cA Reconstruct SR 1 from Westport to Marshall $9,000,000 1633 IL Highway construction on RT 1 between RT 14 and $9,000,000 RT 9 3634 IL SR 127 from Raymond to Unity $9,000,000 3635 CA Improvements to US 101 $11,000,000 3636 IA construct Rt 20 from Rockway city to Epworth $5,000,000 3637 CA 1-8 from San Diego to Kama $8,000,000 3638 cA 1-15 from Escondido to Barstow $12,000,000 3639 cA Widening and improvements to RT 14 from RT 126 to $9,525,000 RT 178 3640 IL Bicycle and Pedestrian improvements in Georgetown $6,000,000 and Middletown 1641 AZ Safety Improvements to 1—10 from SR 80 to Route 83 $11,000,000 3642 KS Northwest Bypass between K96 and 119th Street $2,000,000 West 1643 cA Safety improvements to SR 99 $12,000,000 3644 IL construct 1—70 from Greenville to Marshall $9,000,000 1645 CA 1-40 from Barstow to Needles $9,000,000 3646 AZ Improvements on 1—40 from Kingston to Navaio $8,000,000 3647 AZ fl’S related improvements on fnterstates in AZ $6,000,000 3648 tA Rehabilitate US 680 from SR59 to Des Moines $5,000,000 3649 cA Resurfacing and Reconstruction of US 395 from RT $12,000,000 18 to RT 168 3650 IL Improve 1—74 from Colona to Mahomet $8,000,000 3651 cA Safety improvements to I—S from Santa Clarita to $11,000,000 Raron 3652 US 67 highway safety improvements from Godfey to $10,000,000 Viola 3653 OH Safety improvements to US 35 from Jamestown to $8,000,000 Winchester 1654 CA Construct Transportation Enhancements on SR 1 be $8,000,000 tween RT 246 and RT 192 H1314 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3655 IL Reconstruct 1—57 from Frankfurt to Masoon $9,000,000 3656 CA ITS improvements to reduce congestion on I 405 $30,575,000 from ItT 118 to RT 36 3657 IL Construction on 1—80 from Geneseo to Joliet $9,000,000 3658 IA Safety enhancements along Itt 30 from Carroll to $4,000,000 Dewitt 3659 IL Reconstruction on RT 40 from US 52 to RT 90 $8,000,000 3660 IL Safety related improvements on RT 109 from US 136 $9,000,000 to RT 16 3661 IL Construct 1—65 from Bolingbrook to Gardner $10,000,000 3662 AZ Construction of Route 77 from Route 277 to Route 80 $9,000,000 3663 OH Reconstruction of 1—71 from Cincinnati to Columbus $8,000,000 3664 IL Make safety improvements to 1—94 from Chesterton $9,000,000 to Deerfield 3665 IL Acquire ‘land for Environmental Mitigation to pre $8,000,000 server wildlife habitate connectivity along US 51 from RT 161 to RT 10 3666 CA Construct 1—80 from Truckee to Fairfield $8,000,000 3667 NC Construct highway widening and safety improve $5,000,000 ments on Rt 301 between Rt 125 and Little River 3668 SC Construction of operational improvements and pur $6,500,000 chase of ITS infrastructure on the 1-26 corridor 3669 MI Highway beautification of Rt 52 between Tr 46 and $4,000,000 Fairfield 3670 TX Resurfacing and Reconstruction on RI 19 between Rt $5,000,000 71 and Rt 7 3671 IN Highway-rail crossing safety related improvements $7,000,000 on Rt 37 between US 35 and US 50 3672 AZ Pave remaining stretch of the Turquoise Trail, BIA $2,000,000 Route 4, which is a north-south road that joins AZ HW 160 in the north to AZ HW 264 in the south por tion of BIA Route 4 3673 AK Improve marine intermodal facilities in Ketchikan $25,000,000 3674 DC Highway improvements to improve access to the $5,000,000 Kennedy Center 3675 MN Construction of four lanes on Hwy 53 between Vir $7,000,000 ginia and Cook and construction of two passing lanes between Cook and International Falls 3676 OR McKenzie highway enhancements, Lane and Lion $3,100,000 Counties

In item 159 of the table contained in section 3038, strike ‘‘$640,000” and insert “$960,000”, strike ‘‘$660,000” and insert “$990,000’’, and strike “$700,000” and insert “$1,050,000”. On page 98 of the manager’s amendment, at the end of the table of projects for bus and bun-related facilities, add the following:

Project FY 06 FY 0? FY 08

44L St. Paul, MN Intermodal Center $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,675,000 442. Albany, OR North Albany park and ride $256,000 $264,000 $280,000 443. Portland, OR Tn Met bus replacement $364,000 $396,000 $420,000

On page 158 of the manager’s amendment, MAKING FINAL PERIOD OF GEN the State of the Union for the further strike subparagraph (C) of section 5403(1) ERAL DEBATE PURSUANT TO consideration of the bill, H.R. 3. that is proposed to be added at the end of HOUSE RESOLUTION 144 IN 1322 subtitle B of title V by the manager’s ORDER PRIOR TO DISPOSITION El amendment and insert the following: OF AMENDMENTS TO HR. 3, IN THE COMMIV1’EE OF THE WHOLE (C) by striking “300,000 and that” and in TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: Accordingly, the House resolved serting “300,000,”; and A LEGACY FOR USERS itself into the Committee of the Whole the State of the Union for the Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (during the Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I House on further consideration of the bill (H.R. reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous ask unanimous consent that during Federal-aid consent that the modifications be con further consideration of H.R. 3 in the 3) to authorize funds for highways, highway safety programs, sidered as read and printed in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant to and for other House Resolution 144, the final period and transit programs, RECORD. with Mr. HEFLEY (Acting of general debate may be in order be purposes, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there chair. fore the disposition of amendments. Chairman) in the objection to the request of the gen Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The tleman from Alaska? objection to the request of the gen The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier There was no objection. tleman from Alaska? the gen There was no objection. today, amendment No. 12 by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tleman from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE) had objection to the original request of the been disposed of. gentleman from Alaska? Pursuant to the order of the House of TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A There was no objection. today, it is now in order to conduct a LEGACY FOR USERS period of final debate on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu The gentleman from Alaska (Mr. ant to House Resolution 144 and rule YOUNG) and the gentleman from Min XVIII, the Chair declares the House in nesota (Mr. OBER5TAR) each will con the Committee of the Whole House on trol 5 minutes. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H1315 Does the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, like this great Nation of ours. We have DFFAZI0) claim the time? the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman heard it time and again about how peo Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I claim YOUNG), the gentleman from Minnesota ple are delayed and how product is de the time on behalf of the gentleman (Mr. OBERSTAR) and I believe strongly layed and how our bridges are crum from Minnesota (Mr. OI3ERsTAR) as the in the importance of regional transit bling, our roads are crumbling. These subcommittee ranking member. authorities and will work with the gen are not myths. These are actual facts. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Chair tlemen from South Carolina (Mr. CLY It was testified before us that we actu recognizes the gentleman from Alaska BURB) and (Mr. SPRATT) to find an ally need probably $500 billion to make (Mr. YOUNG). agreeable solution to this issue in con sure this country keeps moving, to be Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair ference. competitive with that competitive man, I yield myself such time as I may Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Chairman, if the China. consume, and I further yield to the gentleman would further yield, I thank So this is just a small step forward, gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. both gentlemen and look forward to and I will agree with my friend from SPRATT) for a colloquy. working on this issue as the conference Oregon; I do believe this will be the Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Chairman, I thank committee begins its deliberations. I premier domestic legislation that we the gentleman for yielding. thank the gentleman very much for will pass that will affect more lives im The gentleman from South Carolina this opportunity. mediately than any other piece of leg (Mr. CLYBURN) and I had an amendment Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair islation we will have before this body that we ffied yesterday to forgive the man, I reserve the balance of my time. in the next 14 months. debt owed by the Pee Dee Regional Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield I am proud of the fact that we have Transit Authority to the Federal Tran myself 2 minutes. been able to do this in a bipartisan sit Administration. We are not going to Again, I want to thank the chairman fashion. I am proud of the fact that we bring this amendment up for a vote, of the full committee, chairman of the have been able to, in fact, craft this but I would like to engage my col subcommittee, ranking member, the bill, and there has been lots of cooks in league, the gentleman from Alaska gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBER this kitchen, but we have managed to (Chairman YOUNG) in particular, in a STAR), the staff members, the leader bring everybody together, and I think colloquy on this issue if agreeable. ship in the House, everyone who has come out with a very, not think, I Mr. Chairman, the Pee Dee Regional contributed to what I think is an ex know, a very good product in TEA-LU. Transit Authority, PDRTA, is respon traordinary product in this bill. Now, we are going to go to the Sen sible for transportation and transit This bill is going to make vital in ate after I hope everybody votes for services in an area which encompasses vestment in the crumbling infrastruc this legislation. We will go to the Sen 20 percent of South Carolina, more ture of the country to refurbish it, ate. God willing, they will move some than 5,300 square miles in some of the maintain it, improve it. It is going to thing, and we will have this bill done most poorest, most rural areas of our anticipate growth needs and conges before the first of June. It is going to contribute to the State. tion. fi 1330 In the year 2000, the Federal Transit growth of our economy. It is going to And for that I thank each Member of Administration’s triennial review put tens of thousands, hundreds of House, for participating in the found that PDTRA had incorrectly thousands of people to work, and we do this process and showing the public how used revenues from contract services as all this without borrowing any money, House can work together to local match for operating assistance creating anymore deficit or debt. That this produce a product for the benefit of grants. The PDRTA finance director at is the most extraordinary thing about this Nation. that time determined that PDRTA this bill and the most notable achieve Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal owed an amount of $895,083 to the FTA, m ent. ance of my time. although this number has not been We, unlike many other Federal pro Mr. DEPAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield verified by audit by the FTA. grams, have an investment that is to the balance of my time to the gen PDTRA has completely replaced tally paid for by the taxpayers and will tleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBER their management, reformed their be of tremendous benefit to those same STAR), the ranking member. business practices, and begun quarterly taxpayers. The money will be spent in Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, the payments on the debt of around $20,500. the manner in which it was intended gentleman from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG), With an overall budget of $3.5 million, when it was collected from individuals our chairman, expressed it very well. these quarterly payments have crippled and from commercial drivers at the We are on the brink of a new era in their ability to expand services and to pump, and this will be, I believe, the transportation, with a substantially in improve access to jobs and medical fa signature domestic legislation of this creased investment in transportation. cilities in this underserved region. Congress in terms of the positive im is and will be, as the title of this bill For this reason, the regional admin pact on the economy of our country. It transportation equity and a istrator of the FTA expressed in a Jan Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance describes, legacy for users, a legacy of a substan uary 31, 2001, e-mail to me that he sup of my time. tially increased investment in surface ports PDTRA’s efforts to obtain debt Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair transportation; highways, bridges, and forgiveness. The gentleman from South man, I yield myself such time as I may safety, over $6 billion, over the next Carolina (Mr. CLYBURN) and I both sup consume. years of this legislation. port the regional PDTRA administra I echo the words of my good friend, There is substantial investment in tor’s position in favor of debt forgive the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. transit, the fastest growing segment of ness. I am just asking the chairman DEFAZI0) and, of course, the gentleman transportation over the last 5 years, and ranking member for help in trying from Minnesota (Mr. OBERSTAR), the adding 1 million new riders a day in to resolve this matter in conference. ranking member. transit systems. New innovations, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair I would also like to not only thank truck lanes that the chairman has man, reclaiming my time, the regional my staff but everybody who has dealt advocated will be part of this transit authorities are important to with me for the past 4 years on this strongly increased funding for ferry transportation in rural areas. I would legislation. This is a very frustrating legislation; service, to take more pressure off our be happy to discuss this matter further position to be in when the cash flow is The environmental provisions of with the gentleman from South Caro not really what we wanted it to be and roads. provision are far-reaching, for lina (Mr. CLYBURN) and the gentleman yet trying to achieve what is necessary this and visionary. We have a to determine whether we can help with for this country, and that is a good in ward-looking, on this legacy for users the problems in South Carolina. frastructure system. good beginning properly Mr. DnFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, will the I am convinced that we will be revis of our transportation system, gentleman yield? iting this issue when this bill is on the named. course, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the President’s desk in the years coming In coming to this point, I, of I have gentleman from Oregon. because we have a real challenge in want to thank our chairman, as H1316 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 done at the outset, for his leadership Given the demands of the infrastructure problems. Stormwater runoff is a significant and standing firmly for the $375 billion needs and the delicate balance that must be source of water pollution, untreated sewage we truly ought to be investing in trans maintained among competing interests for overflows, beach closings and flooding. I be portation, but with the opener we have highway and transit funds, this is no small ac lieve addressing this need with specific fund the opportunity to come back and do complishment. ing in the bill to correct runoff problems asso this again. And also thank you to the Today, the House of Representatives will ciated with existing highways is good policy. chairman of the subcommittee, the prove that it is possible to pass a fiscally re Many of the communities in my own district gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. PETIU), sponsible Highway bitt. have to deal with the impacts of runoff from and my very good friend and partner, It is now up to the other body to quickly highways and roads, yet have no funding to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. match our effort and get into conference so do so. This provision would correct this prob DEFAzI0), who is our ranking member this legislation can be enacted into law before lem and give local communities access to on the Subcommittee on Highways, this year’s construction season passes for much-needed funding for storrnwater mitiga Transit & Pipelines. States in the North. tlon. Also our committee staff on both The time is over for any further delay in re Second, I have worked with my colleagues sides have worked tirelessly and self authorizing these vital infrastructure programs. on the Transportation and Infrastructure Com lessly toward this objective: Dave For 2 years, uncertainty and delay over es mittee from Pennsylvania to address a prob Heymsfeld, Ward McCarragher, Kathie tablishing multi-year funding levels has ham lem that has recently come to our attention re Zero, Dara Schlieker, and Jen Walsh. pered our and the States’ ability to ptan for garding “flexing” of Federal highway dollars to Ken House, Art Chan, Stephanie and build transportation systems. shore up the operating budgets of Pennsylva Manning, and Eric Van Schyndle, who In conclusion, I want to thank Chairman nia’s transit agencies. I hope that the chair spent an enormous amount of time on YOUNG, Ranking Member OBERSTAR and the man will continue to work with us to see that the Member high-priority proj ects. members of the Transportation and Infrastruc our concerns are taken into account. While I Beth Goldstein, and from the staff of ture Committee for producing this legislation. certainly understand the ongoing crisis con the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. To quote our Majority Leader TOM DELAY— fronting SEPTA and the Commonwealth of DEFAsIO) Kathie Dedrick. who was also instrumental in getting us to Ihis Pennsylvania’s other transit agencies, and We have also had unsung heroes and point—it is time to “get it done.” hence believe the flexing of Federal highway heroines: our unpaid interns Lauren Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today dollars may provide an appropriate, short-term Reed and Homer Carlisle. in strong support of this legislation. answer to the agency’s budgetary problems, I The Legislative Counsel’s office: I would like to commend the efforts of Chair likewise believe that any agreed-to flexing plan Dave Mendelsohn, who I have known man YOUNG and Ranking Member OBERSTAR should be contingent upon an agreed-to re for years and who is a fount of knowl as well as Subcommittee Chairman PETFtI and payment of these much-needed dollars within edge on the crafting of the right legis Ranking Member DEFAzIO for their tireless ef a short and fixed time period. These highway lative language; Curt Haensel and forts on crafting a strong bipartisan bill. dollars are absolutely critical to the continued Rosemary Gallagher. As we all know, this legislation has been a improvement of our region’s road infrastruc And Susan Binder and Ross long time coming and I would like to extend ture. While the Pennsylvania Legislature and Chrichton from the Federal Highway my gratitude to these four men for the work Governor Rendell continue to work toward a Administration. they have done to produce such a strong bi permanent solution to mass transit funding, That old African adage that it takes partisan bill. the need to provide transit agencies with a a village to raise a family, well, it real In today’s current environment in the House, “hand up” with these dollars may be appro ly took a village of staff, of Members, it is really a testament of how Chairman priate. But that assistance should only be pro of support, of participation by the lead YOUNG and Mr. OBEFtSTAR run the committee vided if the Commonwealth agrees to return ership to produce this child, this and put the needs of United States infrastruc these dollars to the effected MPOs within a Transportation Equity Act, this Leg ture before partisan issues. specified time period to ensure the use of acy For Users. Let us move forward to This is one of the most important pieces of these dollars for the initial purposes for which make this the Transportation Century. legislation tor me because of the benefits it the appropriations were made by the Federal Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in will provide to my district. Government. Further, I would like to see a support of HR. 3. Without the leadership of Mr. YOUNG, OBEFt plan in place to assure that the projects de this day has finally come. This is ‘rn glad STAR, PETRI, and DEFAzt0 and the incredible layed by the flexing action are fast-tracked important bills this Congress one of the most staff they have on the Transportation and In once the flexed dollars are returned. can pass. frastructure Committee our Congressional Dis Mr. Chairman, providing flexibility to our this Highway and Transit Reau I designated tricts would still be waiting for the much need metropolitan planning organizations is a laud HR. 3 because of its impor thorization as ed funding to repair and improve of roadways. able goal, but these Federal dollars were growth and jobs bill for tance as the economic I would like to thank you on behalf of my never intended to plug holes in the operating year. this legislative constituents for all the work you have done. budgets of transit agencies, I therefore ask the estimated for every $1 billion we spend It’s Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Chairman, I rise in sup chairman and members of the committee to road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are on port of HR. 3 and commend Chairman YOUNG work with us to achieve an acceptable solu created. and Ranking Member OBERSTAR for their hard tion. But it’s more than just jobs. We need an work in bringing this bill to the floor. As a Finally, in the seclion 307 of the National adequate infrastructure to move people and Member of the House Transportation and In Highway System Designation Act of 1995, the materials they make efficiently. Committee, I am proud of the there was included a provision that prohibited With more than 67 percent of the Nation’s frastructure our committee and am hopeful that we states from imposing arbitrary overhead rate freight moving on highways, economists be work of TEA—LU quickly to give out State caps. Section 307 did have its desired effect, lieve that our ability to compete internationally can enact of transportation the stability and most States are following common overhead is tied to the quality of our infrastructure. departments and auditing procedures that promote quality In an era of just-in-time delivery and an in resources they need to plan for, design and work. The problem is that section 307 creasingly global economy it is unacceptable build important highway and transit projects. design few issues states a window of opportunity to opt that traffic congestion currently affects 33 per I would also like to highlight a provided chair Federal Highway Administration cent of alt travel on America’s major road that I look forward to working with the out of the as this bill overhead and auditing procedures by ways; leading to 3.6 billion hours of delay man and ranking member on FHWA, Slate laws establishing alternative each year. moves forward. adopting taken ad I congratulate Chairman YOUNG and the First, I strongly support a provision that was procedures. Thirteen States have Transportation and Infrastructure Committee included in S. 1072, the Senate’s version of vantage of this opt out and passed law to im for producing a bill that addresses this Na the reauthorization in the 108th Congress. pose arbitrary overhead rate caps. cannot be assured tion’s need for a transportation system suited This provision, section 1620 of S. 1072, would As a result, Congress qualified firms are being se to the 21st century’s economy. provide a 2 percent set aside of funds to be that the most Further, Chairman YOUNG and the Com used to address stormwater mitigation. If in lected for working on Federal-aid design mittee have written a fiscally responsible bill at cluded in HR. 3, the provision would bring projects. Al the same time, many of these a $283.9 billion funding level that fits within over $29 million back to Pennsylvania to help States require their our budget and that the President can sign. address some of the major stormwater runoff March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H1317 audit procedures used by most of their peers. ments. Within the underlying bill we have be Furthermore, I support the proposal of Mr. This places unnecessary burdens on engi fore us today are projects that propose to Pins that would provide a temporary transi neering firms and diverts lime, staff and focus make critical improvements to the Main Street tion period for transit entities, including three away from the technical aspect of the project. Corridor. The Fourth Ward emerged as Hous in Texas, that, under the most recent census, Section 1703 of S. 1072, the Senate version ton’s most prominent African-American neigh are now subject to the over 200,000 popu of the highway reauthorization in the 108th borhood when thousands of freed slaves lation prohibition on the use of transit formula Congress, included a permanent fix for this flooded into the city after emancipation. These dollars for operating expenses. The Pilts problem and I hope that the provision finds its newcomers settled on the fringes of the Third, amendment would allow those small transit way into the final bill. Fifth, and Fourth wards. The Freedmentown entities in this new situation to use up to 50 Again, I would like to commend Chairman area north of San Felipe and the streets west percent of their formula funds for operating ex YOUNG and Ranking Member ORSRSTAR for of downtown not only attracted the largest penses for fiscal years 2005 through 2007 and their commitment to our Nation’s highways number of the new black residents but also up to 25 percent of the formula funds for oper and transit systems. I am proud to support housed the first black churches, schools, and ating expenses in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. H.R. 3 and urge all my colleagues to support political organizations. Several factors com In addition, I join my colleague from Texas, the bill as welt. bined to facilitate the subsequent growth of Mr. BARTON in the initiative of his amendment Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chair the Fourth Ward’s black community. I would to require studies and assessments of risks to man, I rise to commend Chairman YOUNG and ask that my colleagues take these requests human health or the environment to use Ranking Member OBERSTAR, as well as the under strong consideration after passage and sound and objective scientific practices. Due to the short time allotment given to the subcommittee leadership for their hard work in leading into the conference report. crafting the underlying legislation. However, I Improvements to Houston’s and Texas’ in floor debate on this measure, I was unable to engage the distinguished ranking member offer my support for the manager’s amend frastructure will be the priority for me and for in colloquy. I wanted to dis ment that seeks to incorporate very important my colleagues. Statistically, Houstonians travel from Minnesota a two very specific and very significant initiatives that were contained in some of the more miles per day than there are miles be cuss issues that relate not only to Houston, but to amendments that were made in order by the tween the earth and the sun. The distance be Texas and many other States that have devel Committee on Rules. tween the earth and the sun is about 93 mil infrastructure and economic cores. White the underlying bill before us proposes miles. Houstonians drive about 156 million oping lion I would have asked the ranking member for to provide $620 million for some 175 high pri miles per day. his assistance in maintaining the issues that I ority projects in the State of Texas, there re The manager’s amendment proposes key underscore here as priorities as he and his fel main issues that wilt pose significant problems technical and program improvements to the low conferees move closer to finalizing nego for Houston and for Texas unless this body of underlying bill language. In particular, I sup tiations on this measure. These issues speak fers its commitment to address in the future. port the changes to the calculation of “Rev to (1) the need for increased transit-retated Toll credits are a significant resource for enue Aligned Budget Authority,” RABA; re-es funding in future authorizing and appropriating transit providers because they can use them tablishment of budgetary lirewalls for highways measures, and (2) the need to maintain Fed obtaining a Federal match—thereby and transit programs; reauthorization of the in lieu of eral oversight of the way in which States and development of major at $100 million per year, litle IX greatly expediting the Swill Rail Act localities regulate the flow of interstate traffic. communities. This extension of revenue provisions projects that serve the of the bill; and The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris the value of the loll the Ways and Means Committee. amendment will cripple approved by County, METRO, is the agency charged with Moreover, I support the improvements to the credit program. the public transportation and transit needs. from loll credits, Texas bill proposed in the manager’s amendment. In Without the revenue METRO has worked over the past 2 years to the reduction of con particular, due to the tremendous bipartisan will have less funding for create a long-range plan for mass transit in air quality. In efforts of my colleagues, the amendment now gestion and the improvement of the Houston area. After having worked with revenue stream, includes language to guarantee that TEA 21’s reducing an otherwise viable the community to receive input, the METRO govern percent minimum guarantee is protected, this amendment would restrict local 90.5 board of directors adopted a blue-print for its defined as no less than 92.6 per ments like Houston from choosing the best with a scope long-range plan called “METRO Solutions.” tool to respond to local conditions and prior cent of the highway program funds in the bill. The METRO Solutions plan includes: (1) 50 ities. I would have voted against the amend This is a significant improvement over the bill percent increase in METRO’s bus service, in ment that would prohibit the tolling of new passed by the House last year. I thank the cluding approximately 44 new local, signature interstates, including the 1—69 Corridor, which distinguished majority leader for his work in express, express, and Park & Ride bus routes, lacks an alternate source of financing. ensuring that this measure will protect these (2) nine new Transit Centers and nine new I ask that the Committee on Transportation provisions, allowing the House to move into Park & Ride lots, as well as expansion and and Infrastructure continue its efforts to pro conference in a stronger negotiating position upgrading existing facilities, (3) expansion of vide funds to complete the Interstate 69 Cor toward achieving a higher MG above 90.5 per the METRO Rail line and commuter line com ridor. The termination of the Interstate Pro cent. The manager’s amendment makes this a ponents, including an overall plan with 72.8 gram in 1995 left no mechanism to finish the better bill for Houstonians and for Texans. miles of rail, and (4) extension of the pay Nation’s few remaining incomplete Interstates I would like to offer my support for the ments to local governments for street and such as 1—69. Currently, there is no program amendment offered by Mr. DAVIS of Virginia other mobility improvements for five additional to fund major projects which benefit the Nation that will ensure that tolls are applied equally to years, 201 0—2014. Texas has a transportation as a whole but whose costs exceed Stales’ all users of toll facilities. This amendment code and it is authorized to act in this field of apportioned funds. Based on these needs, I would eliminate language in the underlying bill local government through METRO. ask my colleagues to include the National Cor that requires lower tolls to be charged to tow I believe that long-term and comprehensive ridor Infrastructure Improvement Program and income drivers. Since the administration of dif projects such as that of Houston METRO the Projects ot National and Regional Signifi ferential tolls may be challenging for our exist should be given full Federal support? I would cance provisions in the bill underlying today. ing and future toll authorities, this amendment add that the authorization Furthermore, I ask that the committee include will make important adjustments to the under them at a funding level equal to those in lying bill. cluded in H.R. 3550. Secondly, I support the Burgess amend The Greater Houston area is subdivided into ment, which would change the calculation for 6 counties; Chambers, Fort Bend, Liberty, transportation development credits to ensure Montgomery, WaIler, and my District, Harris. that Texas and other States with toll facilities Harris County contains the city of Houston and are able to take full advantage of these credits the largest concentration of people. In the year for the benefit of our transit, highway, and 2000, approximately 3.5 mitlion people lived in highway safety programs. This proposal is Harris County alone—by far the most popu vital to the provision of a pro rata calculation lous area. Over the next 20 years, the popu of the credits so that we are not penalized for lation of the Houston region will continue to using Federal dollars in our transportation de grow. velopment projects. I support this amendment The historic Fourth Ward in Houston is long and ask that my colleagues join me as the overdue for major transportation improve- Gentleman brings this proposal to the floor. H1318 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 the leadership of the majority leader from greatest need—like New York—to other The very existence of our roads, our high Texas. States. Each year, New York provides $20 bil ways, our rail lines, our ports and our airports We should go to conference and continue to lion more to Washington than it gets back. is testament to the critical role of the Federal work with the committee to maintain the need New Yorkers ought not be punished for our ef government as the embodiment of our collec for innovative financing for major transit infra forts to conserve fuel, as any expansion of the tive responsibility. structure. minimum guarantee program would do. It’s the elegantly simple idea that by paying We should remain committed to maintaining Second, this bill shortchanges New York on your taxes you improve the quality of life of the need for financing options for transit transit funding. Despite having almost halt of every person in this country and lay the foun projects that promise to foster economic activ the Nation’s transit ridership, New York’s dation for a strong economy that benefits ev ity as a priority. Also, with respect to the issue share of transit funding leaves much to be de eryone. of the need to maintain Federal oversight of sired. Transit funding should better reflect Federal, State and locat governments, cor the way in which States and localities regulate need. porations, small businesses, individuals—all of the flow of interstate traffic, a program called Third, I hope that conferees Will ensure that us have a responsibility to contribute our “SAFE Clear” has been initiated in the city of States starved for a consistent funding stream share, It is our right to use this infrastructure, Houston and is in the city ordinance. for ferries and waterborne transportation can but it is also our duty to maintain and improve I congratulate the mayor and city council on count on funding from the Ferry Boat Discre if for the future. the vigorous work that its Office of Mobility tionary Fund. I am acutely aware of how much While we plan for the future, the benefits has done to improve transportation throughout a guaranteed stream of funding would mean are real, now. the city of Houston and remain eager to col to improve both congestion and homeland se tn my district this bill will provide funding to laborate with them to facilitate this endeavor curity alt across the country, and particularly in a number of worthwhile projects that will im from the Federal level. New York City, where roads are clogged on a prove the quality of life for my constituents, However, I must make my colleagues aware normal day, and ferry transportation would the State of California and the entire Nation. that, through feedback that I have received provide not only congestion relief but another One project in particular that I’m very proud from my constituents, the program has dis way to ensure escape from Manhattan in the of is the Ed Roberts Campus. This state of the proportionately affected certain groups of mo case of a terrorist attack. At a minimum, New art project makes it easier for people with dis torists, particularly those of lower socio-eco York should receive $5 million per year. I hope abilities to get around. It links eight disability nomic status and those who are or who pri conferees will work with me and other Mem organizations to create a multi-tenant facility that benefit marily transport the elderly. While the pro bers who represent districts would that will serve as an intermodal transit center terry funding stream. posed improvements to the ordinance that from a guaranteed as well as a transportation information and Fourth, I hope that conferees will work with provide a “tree tow” could serve our goals travel-training center for people with disabil me to ensure that the generous funding we well, motorists who do not qualify for a “free ities. have provided for Senior transportation in this tow” will possibly suffer from the disparate ef The Ed Roberts Campus will play a major bill is put to its best use. I believe that estab [ects of the ordinance complained of by con role in assisting and teaching people with dis lishing a center for best practices and a tech stituents. abilities to live their lives independently. And nical assistance center, would provide an I ask that the Transportation Conference en because it will be located above the Ashby enormous service to this nation’s elderly popu sure that provisions are included in this meas BART station in Berkeley, its reach will stretch lation. In the future that maintain throughout the entire Bay Area, simulta ure and measures Nevertheless, Chairman YOUNG, Mr. OeER inter neously serving as a model for urban inde Federal oversight over the regulation of STAR, Chairman PETal, and Mr. DEFAZIO de disparate overall pendent living throughout the Nation. state travel. The potentially serve the thanks and appreciation of every merits further analysis, I’m proud to support the Ed Roberts Cam effect of the ordinance Member of this House for their tireless effort to pus, and I’m happy to announce that $3 mil research, and oversight. ensure that the Nation’s surface transportation provide oversight lion will go towards it through TEA—LU. I hope we will continue to systems receive the resources required to through the legis Another set of projects that I’m also very over programs such as this keep America moving. proud of are the transit oriented developments lation that is crafted in committee. In particular, I would like to thank both the planned in the City of Oakland and the City of Mr. Chairman, for the foregoing reasons, I Democratic and Republican staff of the Trans Emeryville. Transit oriented development is a support the drafters of this legislation for their portation Committee, both of whom worked relatively new concept that joins housing, busi efforts to fund priority projects and urge my tirelessly on this piece of legislation, and who ness, public transportation and recreational colleagues to do the same. deserve the entire House’s thanks. In par areas into one Iiveabfe community. Mr. WEINER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to ticular, I would like to thank Ken House, Ctyde We have been on the cutting edge of transit thank the leadership of the Transportation and Woodle, Eric Vanschyndle, Ward oriented development in my district from the Infrastructure Committee for their hard work McCarragher, Kathleen Zern, David beginning. And last year’s successful shepherding through TEA—LU, a bill that I wilt Heymsfeld, Dara Schleiker, and Sheila very opening of the Fruitvale Transit Village in Oak support despite its flaws. The Department of Lockwood of Mr. OBERSTAR’S staff. Addition land has served as a model for other transit Transportation studied the Nation’s infrastruc ally, I would like to thank Jim Tymon of Mr. oriented development projects in the Bay Area ture and prescribed a $375 billion solution. In YOUNG’S staff for his willingness to work with throughout the country. the 108th Congress, I joined the leadership in me on the issue of Ferry Transportation. and will di endorsing the original version of this bill, which I would also like to thank Tom Kearney, I’m happy to announce that TEA—LU million for such filled that prescription. Unfortunately, the ad Tom Herriff and their colleagues at the Albany rectly provide another $2 ministration is unwilling to come up with the Office of the Federal Highway Administration, projects in Oakland and Emeryville. of concern and an area support necessary to ensure that we are able Nancy Ross, Fred Neveu, Ron Epstein and Another issue to maintain and improve the Nation’s infra their colleagues at the New York State Depart where this bill makes an immediate impact for side structure, and threatened to veto any bill that ment of Transportation, and Andra Horsch and my constituents is the construction of authorized more than $283.9 billion. As a re David Woloch and their colleagues at the New walks in several unincorporated areas in Ash sult, we are today considering a bill that does York City Department of Transportation. land and Cherryland in not do nearly enough to improve the quality of Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of life for individuals living in New York City and H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Leg around the country. I look forward to working acy for Users. with the Committee leadership to see that this Mr. Speaker, TEA—LU represents the Fed bill is improved in conference. eral government’s ongoing commitment to im Mr. Chairman, as this bill moves to con proving our Nation’s entire transportation sys ference, I want to highlight four issues that are tem for the benefit of everyone. of particular import to me and my constituents. Our taxes pay for this infrastructure, and It is my hope that the conferees will include this infrastructure is the lifeblood of the com these improvements in the conference report. merce that fuels our Nation. The profits of First, this bill should ensure that resources every single business are dependent on this are devoted by formula to states that require transportation network, and in turn, are de improvements. The minimum guarantee pro pendent on our willingness to pay the taxes gram shifts funding from states that have the that fund this network. Marc/i 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H1319 strained transportation networks throughout want to thank Congressman TED POE for HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM the country, and placed a greater burden on working with us on the US9O project, which MITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND our environment. will also benefit his constituents by providing INFRASTRUCTURE, I commend my colleagues on the Transpor another route into central Houston and by re Washington, DC, March 10, 2005. Hon. RIcHAR0 W. PoMeo, Chairman, tation lnfraslructure Committee for trying and lieving traffic on 1—10 east and US 59 North. Committee on Resources, Longworth HOB, to address these problems through TEA—LU. Mr. Chairman, I encourage my colleagues to House of Representatives, Washington, DC But the President must also do his part and vote for the bill. 20515 support more funding. Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chair DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your Make no mistake, this is not just about man, I insert into the RECORD an ex letter of March 9, 2005, regarding H.R. 3, the transportation. This is about jobs. This is change of letters between myself and Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for about the health of our environment, and the Chairman POMBO regarding HR. 3. Users. Your assistance in expediting consid eration of the bill is very much appreciated. health of our economy. HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I agree that there are provisions in the bill Every state, every city, and every member COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES, that are of jurisdictional interest to the is invested in this piece 01 legislation, because Washington, DC, March 9, 2005. Committee on Resources and I agree that by Hon. DON YOUNG. Chairman, this bill makes an investment in America. foregoing a sequential referral the Com Committee on Transportation, and Infrastruc The decisions we make today will affect the mittee on Resources is not waiving its juris ture, Rayburn 1-FOB Washington, DC. health of our nation for decades to come. And diction. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I have reviewed the I hope that the President listens to us and I would be pleased to support the represen text of HR. 3. the Transportation Equity the right one. tation of your Committee in any conference makes Act: A Legacy for Users, as ordered reported Texas. Mr. Chairman, on HR. 3 on matters within the jurisdiction Mr. GENE GREEN of from the Committee on Transportation and of the Committee on Resources. And, as you I rise in support of the hard work of my col Infrastructure on March 2. 2005. I believe have requested, I will include this exchange leagues, Chairman DON YOUNG, Ranking that the Committee on Resources has a sub of letters in the Record. Thank you for your JIM OBERSTAR, Chairman TOM PETRI, stantial jurisdictional interest in many pro Member cooperation and your continued leadership includ and Ranking Member PETE DEFAzIO. visions of this important legislation and support in surface transportation mat streamlining of procedures under the Na This legislation will help our nation keep up ing ters. with its ever growing transportation needs, but tional Environmental Policy Act and resolv confusion on highway construction and I want to add that it does fall short. ing DON YOUN0, of the Nationat Historic Preserva It falls short because we have not indexed section 106 Chairman. the increases nec tion Act the gas tax or added small Further, this Committee maintains juris essary to allow the country to successfully dictional interests in provisions affecting Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in grow. recreational trails, highways on federal pub support of the “Transportation Equity Act: A The Department of Transportation estimated lic lands (including national parks, Indian Legacy for Users,” a vitally important bill that that it will take at least $350 billion to keep up lands and public domain forest lands), the will provide much-needed federal resources to with our transportation needs, but the Adminis Nationat Scenic Byways Program, projects improve the highways and infrastructure in all tration has drawn a line in the sand at $289 to benefit wildtife, highway safety as it ap fifty States. country. billion. plies to Indian is this bill is sched Highway and transit spending a critical in I would ask the President to look back at Recognizing that historic considered by the House of Rep vestment in national security and essential to leadership is uled to be Texas, where the Republican resentatives this week, and noting the our country’s economic welfare and way of now seriously considering indexing the Texas strong spirit of cooperation and coordination life. This is especially relevant at a time when state gas tax, as I proposed many years ago your staff has shown mine in the develop our economy is losing more than $78 billion in the state legislature. ment of this bill, I will forego seeking a se annually due to highway congestion. Mr. The gas tax is the easiest tax to defend for quential referral of HR. 3 to the Committee Speaker, Americans waste more than 3.6 bil a politician, because the benefit to drivers is on Resources. Waiving the Committee on Re lion hours in traffic delays, and thousands of sources’ right to a referral in this case does obvious, and if you don’t use your car or truck Americans die each year due to substandard on the roads, you don’t have to pay it. not waive the Committee’s jurisdiction over provisions road conditions. Now we forced into a situation where every any provision in H.R. 3 or similar in other bills. In addition, I ask that you Further, this highway bill will create millions new highway in America will be tolled, some support my request to have the Committee of quality, high-paying jobs across America and low-income commuters thing my middle on Resources represented on the conference and thousands in my home state of Con and professional truck drivers vigorously op on this bitt, if a conference is necessary. Fi necticut. At a time when too many Americans pose. nally, I ask that you include this letter in are either unemployed or “underemployed,” support this legislation, but I also sup Record during consider So I the Congressional such construction and infrastructure work will provision that allows us to ation of the bill. port the re-opener contribute significantly to the quality of life for consider a gas tax index proposal in the fu Following your mark-up of HR. 3, I want on the bill’s en many working families. ture. to acknowledge your efforts provisions, many of which I look forward to a healthy debate on the I also support further efforts in conference to vironmental touch upon Committee on Resources juris details of this bill, but there is no question that increase the scope of the minimum guarantee diction. I commend your efforts to stream the overall benefits of this bitt will be felt by increase the rate of return on that min and line the environmental review process under every American family. When they use our im guarantee. Texas deserves at least 95 imum the National Environmental Protection Act proved and safer highways to get to work, percent of the gas tax revenue that we pay 4(f) procedures. However, I as well as Section school, church, vacation, or just home, Ameri into the system. do have serious concerns about the provision cans will appreciate the investment we will I support the efforts of the Majority Leader dealing with the pilot program for mass make with passage today of this legislation. to improve our rate of return, but I also en transit in National Parks. This provision ad ju I know that my constiluents in Connecticut’s courage him to study what his colleagues, in dress issues that tie squarely within the the Committee on Resources Second District will especially appreciate the cluding the Speaker of the Texas House, are risdiction of and should be addressed in that context. investment made under this bill. The measure considering for the state gas tax. Moreover, the bill passed last year by the will pass today includes $45 million for This legislation also included two projects of we Senate, S. 1075, contained a number of ti’ou high critical importance to my area in Houston, the bling provisions that I feel should not be in reconstruction of Clinton Dr. near the Port of cluded in any version of transportation legis Houston and the construction of US9O from lation. These provisions include language re the Beltway into Loop 610. lating to the Endangered Species Act and Clinton Dr. is currently in a state of disrepair programs to address invasive species. Thank causing safety concerns and the constant you for not including these provisions in maintenance work is a drain on local re your bill. I appreciate your leadership and coopera sources. tion on this bill and I look forward to work much needed mobility for US9O will provide ing with you to see that H.R. 3 is enacted Northeast Harris County, by completing a into law soon. project that has been on the books for many Sincerely, years. Development along this corridor will be RICHARD W. POMBO, encouraged and greatly improve the area. Chairman. H1320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 10, 2005 Nation’s debt, and brought life-changing im was invented in my district by Corning Incor In consultation with the Honorable Togiota provements to the way Americans tived, porated. As many of my colleagues know, Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa, we worked, and ptayed. Corning was founded by the great, great have set aside $10 million for village road im Nearty 50 years tater, we must follow the grandfather of our distinguished former col provements in the Eastern, Western, Central same vision and courage that President Eisen league, Amo Houghton. Under the Houghton and Manu’a districts of American Samoa. hower and the Congress displayed then and family leadership, Corning has been a tech In consultation with Senator Tuaoto Fruean once again invest in America by passing legis nology leader. In tact, it will receive the Tech and High Paramount Chief Mauga and mem tation to improve our Nation’s highways and nology Medal of Honor next week by Presi bers of the Pago Pago council of chiefs, we infrastructure. dent Bush for its invention of the core element have set aside $1 million for drainage mitiga Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I rise of a catalytic converter. Diesel retrofit tech tion for Pago Pago village roads. today to encourage my senior colleagues in nology was built on this core invention. In consultation with Senator Tago the upcoming conference on the highway bill In closing, Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge the Suilefaiga, Representative Fagasoala to agree to a provision which will appear in the leadership to accept the Senate amendment in Lealaitatea and Representative Mary Taufete’e Senate highway bill to more cost effectively conference, because it will lead to the most and members of the Nuuli council of chiefs, use funding under the Congestion Mitigation cost-effective use of CMAQ, because it will we have set aside $1 million for shoreline pro and Air Quality Improvement Program—the advance the use of technology to clean up the tection and drainage mitigation for Nuuli vil so-called CMAQ program. biggest threat in the environment to human lage roads. CMAQ is a program which has been used health, and because it is a centerpiece of the In consultation with Senator Faiivae Galea’i, in the past to fund air quality improvements. President’s environmental policy. Senator Lualemaga Faoa and members of the It’s a good program, but I think we can make Mr. KIND. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of Leone and Malaeloa councils of chiefs, we it a tot better. Here’s how. H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act. I want have set aside $1.4 million for drainage miti Congress asked the National Research to acknowledge the work of the Transportation gation for Malaeloa-Leone village roads. Council of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on this complex bill and especially In consultation with Senator Liufau Sonoma to examine the cost-effectiveness of the thank my friend and colleague from Wis and Representative Paopao Fiaui, we have CMAQ program. The Council reported that consin, Mr. PETRI, for his leadership on the set aside $1 million for shoreline protection CMAQ funding could be used more cost effec legislation; the Wisconsin delegation is lucky and drainage mitigation in AUa village. lively in the future to reduce pollution caused to have such a strong advocate for our citi In consultation with Senator Faamausili Pola by fine particulate matter. This pollution is the zens. and members of the Ta’u village council of most serious threat to human health, It has We all know that transportation bills are jobs chiefs, we have set aside $1.6 million to up also been found to be 10 to 20 times more bills, and now is certainly the time that we grade and repair the Ta’u harbor facility. damaging to human health than other pollut need more jobs throughout the country. I con Like other insular areas, American Samoa ants, like ozone, that have been historically sistently hear from constituents who are will continue to receive its annual share of fed the focus of CMAQ. And, EPA has found that searching for work; who have sent out dozens eral dollars provided by the Territorial Highway excessive amounts of fine particulate matter of résumés and updated their skills but remain Program. The Territorial Highway Program in are causing air quality problems for over 100 unemployed. Each billion dollars spent on cludes American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Is million people throughout the country. highway funding creates not only safer and lands and CNMI. Based on population, area, The Senate amendment recognizes this re better roads: it also creates an estimated road mileage, or any combination of these fac ality and rebalances CMAQ toward the use ot 47,500 new jobs. An investment in highway tors, each Territory receives a portion of the for technologies which will reduce fine particulate funding is an investment for steady work funds allocated to the Territorial Highway Pro matter. This change wilt focus CMAQ on the those in Wisconsin and around the nation. gram. pleased that the bill rec right issue. And, as importantly, it will result in Furthermore, I am To assure that American Samoa is treated funding crucial high a far more cost-effective use of limited govern ognizes the importance of equitably, I have worked closely with Chair Wisconsin’s Third Con ment resources. The National Research Coun ways and bridges in man YOUNG and Ranking Member OBERSTAR Specifically, the inclusion of cil found in its study commissioned by Con gressional District. to make sure that the administrative formula Stillwater Bridge, which con gress that CMAQ is currently being used to funding for the for apportionment is closely reviewed, It is my Wisconsin, and Stillwaler, Min fund projects that cost as much as $252,000 nects Houlton, understanding that the Federal Highway Ad br those of us who per ton of pollution reduction. In the future, nesota, is great news ministration has not reviewed its administrative tech been working on this project for years. CMAQ can be spent on diesel retrofit have formula for ten years and I thank Chairman which can re The bridge is only one example ot an impor nologies, made in my district, YOUNG and Ranking Member OBEFI5TAR for per tant project that will provide the nation with duce pollution for a maximum of $5,300 their commitment to revisit this issue. shorter commutes, and better ton—nearly a 50 times improvement in cost safer roads, Again, I commend the Chairman and Rank retrofits, many jobs. effectiveness. In fact, diesel in ing Member for their leadership and for sup Finally, I would like to recognize the impor circumstances, are the most cost-effective way porting my efforts to make sure that American tant conservation provisions that are retained to use CMAQ funding. Samoa’s needs are addressed in this historic light of these tacts, I strongly urge my in H.R. 3. These provisions include tunding for in and important initiative. Without reservation, I colleagues who will be involved in the refuge road maintenance, recreational trails senior urge my colleagues to vote yes on HR. 3. on the highway bill to and forest roads, as well as funding to facili upcoming conference Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today amendment to use CMAQ to tate fish passage. It also includes new money adopt the Senate to express my strong support for the most ef of diesel retrofit devices for signs to identify hunting and fishing areas tund the installation fective use of the Congestion Mitigation and diesel vehicles used on con accessible to the public. One ot the most im on heavy duty Air Quality program. HR. 3, contains provi This amendment was included portant provisions is authorization to facilitate struction sites. sions which enable the continuation of CMAQ; Senate bill and, from what I un a study to help reduce the growing number of in last year’s however, these provisions do not include lan will very likely be included in Chair highway accidents involving wildlife. I urge my derstand, guage included in the bill by the Senate in the INHOFE’S bill for consideration in his Com colleagues to support the bill. man last Congress which mittee next week. And, significantly, the Ad Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Chairman, I rise ministration strongly endorsed the amendment today in support of H.R. 3, the Transportation during the debate over the highway bill last Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA—LU). I year. commend Chairman DON YOUNG and Ranking Reduction of fine particulate matter emitted Member JIM OBERSTAR of the Committee on by heavy duty diesel vehicles has been a cen Transportation for their leadership in drafting terpiece of the President’s environmental pol this legislation and I thank them for supporting icy. He spoke about this during the Presi my request to set aside $16 million for high dential debate. And, in his FY06 budget, he priority projects in American Samoa. proposed the appropriation of $25 million to This funding is in addition to American Sa deploy diesel retrofit technology on a range of moa’s annual federal highway funds and will heavy duty vehicles from school buses to be used for village road improvements, drain dump trucks. age mitigation, shoreline protection and up Mr. Chairman, I am very proud to promote grades and repairs of the Tau ferry terminal the use of diesel retrofit technology because it facility. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1321 version of the transportation bill a provision AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED a’i MR. TOM DAVIS Tiberi Wasserman Wicker OF VSRGINI.A Turner Schultz Wilson (NM) which would begin to locus CMAQ on more upton Weldon (FL) Wilson (Sc) cost-effective applications including deploy- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending Walden (OR) Weller wow ment of diesel retrofits and anti-idling tech- business is the demand for a recorded Walsh Westmorelaed Young (FL) nologies, to reduce the emissions caused by Vote on the amendment offered by the Wamp Whitneld construction equipment. That provision will gentleman from Virginia (Mr. TOM NOES—201 likely be included by the Senate again this DAVIS) on which further proceedings Ackerman Green, Al Neal (MA) year, and the Administration has endorsed the were postponed and on which the ayes Allen Green, Gene Oberatar prevailed by voice vote. Audreiea Grijalva Obey provision, Baca Gotierrez Olver Use of new technologies such as diesel ret- The Clerk will redesignate the Baldwin Narman Ort)z rotits and anti-idling technologies could make amendmeut. Barrow Hastings (FL) Owens amend- Sean Higgins Pallone significant improvements to the CMAQ pro- The Clerk redesignated the Beoerra Hinchey Pascrefl gram and reduce pollution in many areas, and ment. Beikley Hino)ooa Pastor I urge my colleagues to favorably consider REcoRoEn VOTE Berman Holden Payne adopting provisions as this legislation Sorry Bolt Pelosi such The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded Bishop (GA) Honda Peterson (MN) moves forward, vote has been demanded. Bishop (NY) Hooley Petri Mr. RARALL. Mr. Chairman, I rise A recorded vote was ordered. Blomenaner Bayer Pomerny today to voice my support for the Boehlert israel Price (NC) The Vote was taken by electronic de- Boawoll Jackson (IL) Rahall transportation bill currently before us. vice, and there were—ayes 224, noes 201, Boucher Jackson-Lee Rangel TEA—LU was crafted as the result of hi- not voting 9, as follows: Boyd (TX) Reichert partisan compromise, which is the tra- Brady (PA) Jefferson Reyeo [Roll No. 62] Brown (OH) Johnson (IL) Russ dition of the Transportation Com AYES—224 Brown, Corrine Johnson, E. B. Rothnnan mittee. autteroeld Jones (OH) Rnybal-Allard I congratulate Chairman DON YOUNG, Abercroiebie Fuca McEeon Capps Ean)oraki Ruppeisberger Aderholt Franks (AZ) MeMorris Member OBERSTAa, Chairman Capuanu Koptur Rash Ranking Akin Frelinghaysen Mica Cardin Kennedy (RI) Ryan (OH) TOM PETRI and Ranking Member PETER Alesonder Gsllegly Miller (FL) Cardooo Kildee Sabo DEFAZI0 for bringing this bill to the Bachas Garrett (NJ) Miller (MI) Carnahan Kilpatrick (Ml) Nalacar Gerlach Miller, Gory floor. I also congratulate the staffs on Baker Carson Eind 5Ancheo, Linda aarrett (SC) Gibbons Moran (ES) Castle Kocinich T. both sides of the aisle for their hard Bartlett (MO) Gilchrest Moron (VA) Chandler Langevin Sanchez, Loretto work. Barton (TX) Gillmor Murphy Clay Lantos Sanders While I know I speak for many of us Boas Gohmert Masgraoe Cleaver Larsen (WA) Soliakowsky Beaoprea Goode Myrick an increased Clyborn Larson (CT) Schiff who would have preferred Biggert Goodlatte Neugebaoer Conyers Lee Schwartz (FA) funding level—more in line with the Bilirakis Oranger Ney Cooper Levin Scott (GA) needs of our Country this bill serves as Bishop (UT) Graves Norwood Costa Lewis (GA) Scott (VA) Blackborn Green (IVI) Nones a good first step as we move to i’eau- Costello Lipiosk) Serrano Blunt Gotknecht Nossle Crowley Lorgren, Zoe Sherman thorize TEA 21. Boehner Hall Osborne Cuellar Lowey Shimkus Investment in transportation is one Ban)lla Nan’is Otter Commingo Lynch Skelton aonner Hart Osley decisions this Congress Davis (AL) Maloney Slaughter of the wisest Bonn Hastings (WA) Paul on Davis (CA) Markey Smith (WA( Can make. For every $1 biflion spend B000man Hayes Pearce Davis (FL) Morohall soOn infrastructure, 47,500 new jobs are cre- Boreu Hayworth Pence Oavis (IL) lelatbeson Sprott ated. That is Certainly welcome news Boostany Honey Peterson (PA) navis (TN) Matsui Stark Bradley (NH) Hensarling Pickering my home state of West Virginia. DeFocio McCarthy Strickland in Brady (TX) Hersetli Pittn DeGette MeCellum (MN) Tanner Transportation funding also spurs Brown )5C) Hobson Platto Delohoot McOermntt Tauncher eConomic growth and devetopment. Brown-Waite, Boekotro Poe DeLaoro McGovern Taylor (M5) Ginny Ilostettler Pembo Goods and services are delivered more Dicko lilclntyre Thompson (CA) Burgess Holshof Porter Dingell McKinney Thompson (1,15) quiCkly and efficiently, which benefits Burton (IN) Hunter Pnrtmao Dogett MeNolty Tierney both the producer sod the Consumer. Buyer Hyde Puce (GA) Boyle ileehan Towns Caleert inglin (SC) Pryce (OH) In West Virginia, we have tied trans- Ehlers Meek (FL) Udall (CO) Camp Inolee Putnam Udall (NM) technology Emanuel Meeks (NY) portation investment to Cauoon loss Radanovich Engel Melancon von Belles and tourism. New and improved roads Cantor Istook Regula Eshoo Menendec Velicqueo allow for the tourism industry to Capito Jenkins Rehberg Etheridgn M)chaud Vinclouky Carter Jindal Rend Millender- Waters thrive and the seeds of enhanced tech- Everett Cane Johnson (CT) Reynolds Farr McDonald Watson nology to be planted. In sum, transpor- Chabnt Johnson, Sam Rogem (KY) Fottoh Miller (NC) Watt tation investment is a win-win for Chocola Jones (NC) Rogers (Mi) Filner Miller, George Waxinan Coble Keller Rohrahacher Weiner southern West Virginia. Fitzpatrick (PA) Mullohas Cole (OK) Kelly Ros-Lebtinen Ford Moore (KS) Wexler As a member of the Committee, I Conaway Kennedy (MN) Royce Frank (MA) Moore (WI) Woolocy know how hard our Chairmen and Cuc King (IA) Ryan (WI) Gingrey Martha vo Ryan (KS) Ranking Members have worked to Cramer King (NY) Gonealez Nadler Wynn Crenshsw Kingston Saoton Gordon Napolitano Young (AK) bring this bill to the floor. I urge my Culon Kirk Schworz (Ml) Colleagues to support the underlying Culberson Kline senseobrenner NOT VOTfNG—9 bill. Cunningham Knnllenberg Sessions Baird Nerger Rogers (AL) Kolbe Shodegg Mr. Chairman, I yield back the hal- Davis (KY) noLsy Northup Stupak Doom, Jo Ann Kohl (NY) Show Evans Rsmstsd Weldon (PA) anCe of my time. Davis. Tom Lsllood Shays Sherwood 1403 SEQUENTIAL VOTES PO5TFONEO IN COMMITTEE Deal (GA) Latbam fi Dent LaTenrette shunter OF THE WHOLE GRIJALVA, ACKERMAN, • Diac-Bolart, L Leach Simmons Messrs. The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Diaa-Balart, M. Lewis (CA) Simpson and BUTTERFIELd, Ms. ESHOO and LAH000). Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 000little Lewis (KY) Smith )NJ) Mr. McINTYRE Changed their vote South XVIII, proceedings will now resume on Drake Linder from “aye” to “no.” Dreier Loaiondo Snyder Kentucky, those amendments on which further Duncan Lucas 5odrel ssrs, SHAW, LEWIS of proceedings were postponed in the fol- Edwards Luogren, Daniel Snoder LEWIS of California, BROWN of South lowing order: an amendment offered by Ememan E. Stearns Carolina, OTTER, SHUSTER, KING- English (PA) block Sullivan STON, McKEON, ABERCROMBIE, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. TOM Feeney Msnzu)lo Sweeney DAVIS) and an amendment offered by Ferguson Barchant Tancredo SNYDER, and OSBORNE, Mrs. WIL the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Flake McCsol (TX) Taylor (NC) SON of New Mexico, and Mrs. JOHN Terry PITTS). Foley MeCotter SON of Connecticut, changed their vote Forbes McCrery Thomas The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes Fortenberry McNenry Thornberry from “no” to “aye.” the time for the second electronic vote. Fossello McHugh Tiahrt So the amendment was agreed to. H1322 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE March 10, 2005 The result of the vote was announced Pitto Schiff Thornberry o 1411 Platte Schwartz (PA) Tiahrt as above recorded. Poe Schwarz (MI) Tierney Mr. BISHOP of Georgia changed his Stated for: Pomho Scott (CA) Turner vote from “no” to “aye.” Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair- Porter Scott (vA) Udall (CO) So the amendment was agreed to. before Portman Beooions UdalI (NM) man loday, I was requested 10 testify The result of the vote was announced the U.S. China Commission. Therefore, on Price (OA) Shadegg Wamp Price (NC) shayu Watnon as above recorded. rolicall vole 62 for HR. 3, I was not recorded Putnam Sherwood Watt Stated for: recorded, I would have 10 vote. Had I been Radanocich Shirokus Weldon (FL) Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair- for amendment. Regola shooter Weller voted “aye” the man, today, I was requested to leshfy before Simmons Weotmoreland AMENDMENT NO. I OFFERED KY MR. prr’rs Rehberg Renci Skelton Whitneld the U.S. China Commission. Therefore, on The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Keyes Smith (TX) Wilson (NM) roilcall vole 63 for HR. 3, I was no) recorded LAH000). The pending business is the Reynolds Seeder WoIr to vole. Had I been recorded, I would have demand for a recorded vote on the Rogero (Ml) sullivan Woelsey voted “aye” for the amendment. sweeney Wu amendment offered by the gentleman Rohrabacher The Acting There being Ros-Lehtinen Tancredo Wynn CHAIRMAN. from Pennsylvania (Mr. F1T’rs) on Ruppersherger Tauscher Young (FL) no further amendments, under the rule which further proceedings were post- Ryan (WI) Taylor (M5( the Committee rises. poned and on which the ayes prevailed Ryun (KS) Terry Accordingly, the Committee rose; by voice vote, and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. NOES—197 The Clerk will redesignate the SIMPsoN) having assumed the chair, amendment. Abercrembie Orilalva Owens Mr. LAHOOD, the Acting Chairman of The Clerk redesignated the amend- Ackerman Ootierrec Pallone Allen Harman Pascre)l the Committee of the Whole House on ment. Andrews Hastings (WA) Pastor the State of the Union, reported that RECORDED VOTE Bachue NeDey Payne that Committee, having had under con- The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded earrett (SC) Herseth Pcaice sideration the bill (H.R. 3) to authorize eari’ow Higgins Pelosi funds for Federal-aid highways, high vote has been demanded. Deao Hinchey Peterson (MN) A recorded vote was ordered. Becerra Hohsoo Petri way safety programs, and transit pro- The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be Berkley Hoekotra Pickering grams, and for other purposes, pursu a 5-minute vote. Berman Molt Pomerny ant to House Resolution 144, he re The vote was taken by electronic de- eerry Honda Pryco (OH) ported the bill, as amended pursuant to Biggert Inglis (SC) Rahall House back to the vice, and there were—ayes 228, noes 197, Bishop (NY) Israel Rangel Resolution 140, not voting 9, as follows: Blackburn Jackson (IL) Reichert House with further sundry amend- [Re)) No. 631 Blomnenaner Jackson-Lee Rogers (KY) ments adopted by the Committee of the Bvne (TX) Rose AYES—228 Whole. Boswe)l Johnson (ILl Rothman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Aderhelt Duncan Kaptur Bnueher Johnson, E. B. Roybal-Allard Akin Edwards Keller Boyd Johnssn, Sam Royce the rule, the previous question is or Aleeander Emerson Kelly Brady (PA) Jones (OH) Rush dered. eaca Engel Kennedy (MN) Brown (Sdi Eanjsrski Ryan (OH) Is a separate vote demanded on any Baker English (PA) King (IA) Morton (IN) Kennedy (RI) Sabo amendment? If not, the Chair will put ealewin Etheridge King (NYI Butterfield Ksldee Salacar Kingston them en gros. Bartlett (MD) Everett dalvert Kilpatrmck (MI) sinchea, Linda Barton (TX) Feeney Kline Camp Kind T. The amendments were agreed to. Bass Flake Kelbe cannon Kirk Sanchez, Loretta The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beauprec Foley LaHood capito Knellenberg Sanders Bilirakis Forbes Latl,ain question is on the engrossment and Encinich Saxten Bishop (GA) Fertenberry Leach dapps third reading of the bill. dapoano Kohl (NY) Schakswsky Bishop (UT) Fnssella Lewin (CA) Langeein The bill was ordered to be engrossed slant Foxx Lewis (KY) Cardozs Senneobrenner Boehlert Frank (MA) Linder Carson Lantos 5errann and read a third time, and was read the Boebser Franks (AZ) Lowey Case Larsen (WA) 5haw third time. castle Larson (CT) Shei man Bonifla Frelinghoyaen Lucas MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. NIOOIN5 Bonner carrett (NJ) Lynch Chandler LaToorette Sinepson Beozman Gerlaeh Mack Clyborn Lee Smith (NJ) Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Boren Gibbons Maloney Cenaway Levis Smith (WA) motion to recommit. Bountany Oillmsr Manzullo Conyers Lewis (CA) Snyder The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the Bradley Cingrey Marchant (NH) cesteuo Liplnski Sodre) gentleman opposed to the bill? Brady (TX) Oohmert Markey Cnn LoBiondo Sobs Brown (OH) Gonzalez Marshall Crowley Lofgrsn, Zoe Spratt Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I am op Brown, Corrine nnode McCaul (TX) cobin Longren, Daniel Stark posed to the bill in its current form. Brown-Waite, Gondlatte I’(cCotter Cummings K. 5tearns pro tempore. The McCovern The SPEAKER Oinny Granger Davis (CA) Mathesan Strickland Craves McHenry Clerk will report the motion to recom Borgens Davis (IL) Mstsui Tanner Buyer Green (WI) Mcintyre mit. Davis (KY) Mccarthy Taylor (NC) Cantor Green, Al IilcKeen Davis (TN) McCollom (PIN) Thomas The Clerk read as follows: Csrdmn Oreen, Gene MgKinney Deal (GA) McCrery ‘rhoaspson (CA) Carnahan Ootkneght McMorris Mr. Higgins moves to recommit the bill DeFazio McDermott (hiS) Carter Hall hleehan Thompson HR. 3 to the Committee on Transportation DeOette Metlugh Chabot Harris Meek (FL) ‘riberi and Infrastrocture and the Committee on DeLsors IiIcNolty Towns Chocola Hart Iileluncsn Ways and Means with instruCtions to report Dicks Meeke (NY) Upton Clay Hantings (FL) Mica the same back to the House promptly With Cleaver Nayes Miller (FL) Dingell Menendez van Hollen the fullowinE amendments: Coble Hayworth Miller (NC) Doelmttle Michaud veltcquen Cole (OK) Hensarling Moore (KS) Duyln klillender- visglnsky (1) To increase fending for the hsghWay, Cooper Merger Moore (WI) Dreier McDonald Walden (OR) highway safety, transit, motor carrier nafe Costa Hinoinsa Moran (KS) Ehlers Miller (Ml) Walsh ty, and highway research programs to a total Cramer Holden Murphy Emanuel Miller, Oary Wasserman of not less than $318,000,9II,I00 of bedget an Creoshaw Henley Musgrave Eshno Miller, ceorge Schultz thority and $301,999,090,999 of ruaranteed Cuellar Hostettler Myrick Parr Mollohan Waters fonding. Culberson Moyer Neal (MA) Moran (vA) Fattah Wanman funding to Neugebauer (2) To distribute this increased Cunningham Nolshor Ferguson Murtha Weiner Davis Hunter Nunes the States through the core highway and (AL) Filner Nadler iVesler Davin (FL) Myde Nussle transit formula programs for State and local Fitzpatrick (PA) Napolitano wicker Davis, Jn Ann Inslee Olver highway and transit infrastructure invest- Ford Ney Wilson (Sc) Davis, Tom Issa Ortic ments. Ganegly Norwood Ynung (AK) Delahunt Istonk Osborne Gilchrest Oberstar (3) To offset this increased infrastructore Jefferson Otter Dent Garden Obey investment by raising $34,090,000,000 over the Dian-Balart, L. Jenkins Osley next five years by eliminating the corrent Dian-Balart, M Jmndal Paul NOT VOTING—9 Dnggett Johnson (CT) Pence tax incentives for compan(es to move jobs Drake Jones )NC) Peterson (PA) Baird Northup slaeghter and operations offshore. DeLay Ramstsd Stopak Evans Rogers (AL) Weldon (PA) March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1323 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I on the motion to recommit is “no.” If tleman from New York (Mr. HIGGINS) is claim the time in opposition to the mo you really do want to kill it once again recognized for 5 minutes. tion to recommit. and give the gentleman from Alaska Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, our The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. (Chairman YOUNG) an opportunity to Chamber is in its final moments of con SIMPsON). The gentleman from Alaska work yet again in another Congress, sideration of this landmark hill which is recognized for 5 minutes. you will vote yes on this ill-conceived proposes $284 billion worth of Federal Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I motion to recommit. investments in transportation iofra yield myself such time as I may con Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I structure across this Nation. sume. yield back the balance of my time. This measure represents so much to Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without each of our districts. It is the embodi the motion to recommit. I want to re objection, the previous question is or ment of roads and transit systems that mind my fellow colleagues that this is dered on the motion to recommit. will be either newly built or rehabili a very well-crafted, bipartisan effort There was no objection. tated to aid safe and efficient travel. It and this would disrupt what I would The SPEAKER pro tempore. The will spark an abundance of economic say is a great chariot that is going to question is on the motion to recommit. development and create millions of go off on to the horizon and become The question was taken; and the jobs specifically to carry out this law. Speaker pro tempore announced that transportation work. Mr. Speaker, I oppose the motion. the noes appeared to have it. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman I have been grateful for the oppor ascunoso VOTE tunity during my first few weeks as a from California (Mr. THOMAs). Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I demand this body to work alongside Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank Member of a recorded vote. Chairman YOUNG and Ranking Member my chairman for yielding me this brief A recorded vote was ordered. OBERSTAR on this legislation which period of time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu will do so much for western New York. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gen ant to clause 9 of rule XK, the Chair But I believe that before we submit to tleman from New York (Mr. HIGGINS), will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum final passage of the bill, we must first welcome to the House. time for any electronic vote on the acknowledge the fact that we should Under the motion to recommit, if in question of passage. and can do more. fact “promptly” is included in the first The vote was taken by electronic de The President has signaled that he paragraph, it means that this is not a vice, and there were—ayes 190, noes 235, will support a transportation bill that motion to recommit. not voting 10, as follows: spends no more than $284 billion in I was just waiting for the gentleman, guaranteed funding over 0 years. This because he is probably the one that [Roll No. 64] number is simply arbitrary and could told the gentleman to do this. AYES—iSO it kills the bill. So easily be increased, a fact that was On “promptly,” Abercrombie Fauah McNulty demonstrated by the other body’s all of the statements the gentleman Ackerman Filner Meehan that going to Allen Ford Meek (FL) version of transportation reauthoriza made about the jobs were come to western New York and the dol Andre,es Frank (MA) Meeks (NY) tion last year. Baca Gonzalez Melaneon lar amounts that the gentleman is put Baldwin Gordon Menendez U 1415 ting in the bill have no standing what Barrow Green, Al Miohaod My motion demonstrates one way in soever, because by including “prompt 5ean Green, Gese Milleoder Beeerra Crijalea McDonald which we can match their level of guar ly” in the motion to recommit, the Berkley Cutierreo Miller (Nd anteed funding, $318 billion, for even gentleman is in fact killing the bill. Berman Harman Miller, Deorge more transportation, economic and In addition, the gentleman said that Berry Hastings IFL) Mnllnhao this measure. he wanted to try to match the Senate’s Bishop (GA) Herneth Moore (IV)) safety initiatives within Bishop (NY) Higgins Moran (VA) Specifically, this motion proposes to amount of $318 billion last year. The Blumeosoer Hinehey Murtha close a number of offshore loopholes reason we did not have a highway bill seoseell Hinoieoa Nadler that are enabling American companies last year was because the Senate was Beocher Holden Napolitano Boyd Helt Neal (MA) to move jobs abroad, avoiding paying at $318 billion. In the conference, we Brady (PA) Honda Oberstar U.S. taxes in the process. in closing urged the Senate to agree at $283.9 bil Brown (OH) Hooley Obey these loopholes, we are raising an addi lion. The conference failed. This year Brown, cerrine Hnyer Diver increase the Senate is at $283.9 billion; the Butterfield Inslee Ortia tional $34 billion, not from an Cappe Israel Owens in the gasoline tax, but instead by House is at $283.9 billion. We actually Capnano Jacksnn (IL) Pallone abolishing unfair tax shelters that are have a chance to get a highway bill. cardin Jackson-Lee Paserell strangling job creation and growth in But probably the most interesting cardoza (TX) Pastor the gentleman’s mo carnahan Jeffernon Payne our country. and ironic part of careen Johnson. 5. 5. Peloni Seventy-two members of the other tion to recommit, notwithstanding the chandler Jonee (ON) Peterson (MN) body voted to federally fund our trans fact it has no application, is the fact clay Kanierski Pemerey billion that the Highway Trust Fund is actu cleaver Kapter Price (NC) portation expenditures at $318 Olyhurn Kennedy (RI) Rahall last year. If we can find a way to ally a user’s fee; that people who use conyers Kildee Range) match that funding without raising the the highways raise the money to help costa Kilpatrick (MI) Reyeo gasoline tax, without falling deeper build the highways. And the gentleman costello Kind Ross additional cramer Kecisieh Rethman into deficit, then I for one believe it is is looking to raise the crew)ey Lsngevin Roybal-Allard our responsibility to pursue that op money for the user-fee Highway Trust ceellar Lanten Ruppersberger tin n. Fund from those companies who have Cummings Larsen (WA) Rush recommit would left the country. So they are not using Davis (CA) Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) This motion to Oasis (FL) Lee Salazar mean $34 billion more in Federal infra the highways, but the gentleman wants Davis (IL) Levin Sinchez, Linda structure investments, as well as the to have them pay. Davis (TN) Lewis (GA) T. final eradication of a number of unfair So if the gentleman wants to work a DeFazie Lipinski Sanchez, Leretta that actually can DeGette Lofgren, See sanders tax shelters that are weakening eco motion to recommit Delahunt Lowey Schakewsky nomic development efforts throughout work and that you can actually raise DeLaure Lynch Schiff cur Nation. The motion would bring money and you can actually get it Dieks Maloney Schwartz (PA) Scott (GA) jobs to my own State from people who use the Highway Dingell Markey 100,000 additional Doggett Marshall Scott (VA) of New York, and countless more to the Trust Fund, I look forward to working Doyle Matsei Serraeo rest of the country. I hope that I may with the gentleman. But if this is the Edwards McCarthy Shernsan colleagues to support this effort conceived and delivered on the Emanuel McCollucn (PIN) Skelton count on my Smith (WA) I would urge my colleagues Engel McDermott important measure. other side, Eshen McGovern Solin Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance to vote this down, because if you really Etberidge McIntyre Spratt of my time. want a highway bill this year, the vote Farr McKinney Stark H1324 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE March 10, 2005 Strickland Uda(l (NM) Watt are advised 2 minutes remain in this males Melancon Sa(anar Tanner Van HnIlen Wanman lnrael Menendec Sinehen, Linda vote. Tausclser Velicquec Weiner Isna Mica T. Thompson (CA) Visclosky Wexler Istook Miehasd Sanchez, Loretta Thnmpson )MS) Wasserman Wnolsey u 1441 Jackson (IL) Millender- Sanders Tierney Schultz Wn Jackson-Lee McDonald Saaton Tnwns Waters Wynn Mr. BOREN Changed his vote from (TX) Miller (FL) Schaknwsky Udall (COl Watson ‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Jefferson Miller (Ml) Schiff Jenkins Miller (NC) Schwartz (PA) NOES—235 Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida, TAN- Jindal Miller, Cary Schwarz (Ml) Aderholt Gerlach Nengebauer NER, WYNN, and MURTHA, and Ms. Johnson (CT) Miller, George Scott (CA) Akin Gibbons Mey BEAN Changed their vote from “no” to Johnson (tLl Mullohan Scott (VA) Alezander G(lchrest Norwood “aye.” Johnson, K. S. Moore (KS) Serrans Nachus Gillmor Nones Johnson, Sam Mozrc )Wl) Sessions Saker Gingrey BonnIe So the motion to recommit was re- Jones (OH) Moran (KS) Shaw Sarrett (SC) Gohmert Osborne jected. Kanjoroki Moran )vA) Shays Bartlett (Mn) Goode Otter The result of the vote was announced Kaptsr Morphy Sherman Knllzr Murtha Sherwood Barton (TX) Gundlatte Ocley as above recorded. Sass Grazsger Paul Kelly Mzsgrave Shimkos Eeauprez Craves Pearce The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kennedy (MN) Myrick Shnster Siggert Gicen (WI1 Pence question is on the passage of the bill. Kennedy IRII Hadler Simmons Silirakis Cutknecht Peterson (PA) The question was taken; and the Kildee Hapolitano Simpson Bishop COT) Hall Petri Kilpatrick (MI) Neal (MA) Skeltun Blackburn Harris Piekenog Speaker pro tempore announced that Kind Heugebaner Smith (NJ) Blunt Mart Pitts the ayes appeared to have it. King (IA) Hey Smith (TX) Boeblert Hastert Platts Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, King (NY) Horwosd Smith (WA) Soehner Hastings (WA) Poe Kingston Hones Snyder on that demand the yeas and nays. Bsnilla Hayes Pombs I Kirk Hussle Sodrel Ssnner Haywsrth Porter The yeas and nays were ordered. Kline Oberstar Snlis Bonn Hefley Portmao The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Kno)leoberg Obey Szuder Bzozinan Hensarling Price (CA) will be a 5-minute vote. Kolbe Olver Spratt Boren Hergcr Pryce (OH) Kucinich Ortiz Stark Sosstany Hobson Putnam The vote was taken by electronic de- Kohl (NY) Osborne Stearns Sradley (NH) Huekatra Radansvich vice, and there were—yeas 417, nays 9, LaHood Owens Strickland Brady (TX) Hustettler Regola not voting 9, as follows: Langevio Onley Sullivan Brown (SC) Hnishof Rebberg Lantos Pallone Sweeney Brown-Waite, Hunter Reicbert [Roll No. 651 Larson (WA) Pascrell Tancredo Ginny Hyde aenzi YEA5417 Larsan (CT) Pastor Tanner Bargeaz Inglis )SC) Reynolds Latlsam Payne Tanscher Abercrambie Carnahao Feeney Bsrtun (IN) lass Rogers (ICY) LaTourette Pearce Taylor )MS) Ackerman Carson Ferguson Soyer Istook Rogers (Ml) Leach Pelusi Taylor (NC) Aderholt Carter Filnei Calcert Jenkins Rohrahaeher Lee Pence Terry Akin Case Fitcpatiick (PA) Camp Jindal Ros-Lebtinen Levin Peterson (MN) Thomas Aleaander Chabot Foley cannon Johnson (CT) Royce Lewis (cAl Peterson (PA) Thompson (CA) Allen Chandler Forbes cantor Johnson (IL) Ryan (WI) Lewis (CA) Petri Thompson (MS( Aodrewo clincola Ford Capito Johnson. Sam Ryan (KS) Lewis (KY) Pickering Tiahrt Baca Clay Fortenberey Carter Jones (NC) Saston Linder Pitts Tiberi Haahoo Cleaver Fossefla Case Keller Schwarc (SIT) Lipioski Platts Tierney Haker Clybura Foca Castle Kelly Sensenbrenner LuBioodo Poe Towns Baldwin Cobb Frank (MA) Chabot Kennedy (MN) Sessions Lufgren, Zoo Pombs Turner Barrett (SC) Cole (OK) Franks (AZ) Chocula King (IA) Shadegg Luwey Pomeroy Udall (CO) Ban’nw Csnawap Frelioghoyses Cobb King (NY) Shaw Lucas Porter Udall (HI’I) Bartlett (1,101 Cnnyers Gallegly Cole )OKI Kingston Shayo Luogren, Osoie( Portmao Upton Barton (TX) Cooper Garrett (NJ) Cooaway Kirk Shersesod K. Price (GA) Yas Hullen Bass Costa Gerlach Cooper Kline Shimkos Lynch Price (NC) Yelicqoec Sean Costello Gibbons Coo Knollesberg Shuster Mack Pryce (OH) Yiselusky Beauprec Coo Gilehrest Crenshaw Kolbe Simmons Maloney Putnam Walden (OR) Becerra Cramer Gillmnr Cubin Kohl (NY) Simpson Mancullo Radansvieh Walsh Berkbey Crenshaw Gicgiey Culberson LaHood Smith (NJ) Marchant Rahall \Vamp Berman Crowley Gohmert Cunningham Latham Smith (TX) Markey Rangel Wasserman Berry Cubin Gonzalez Davis (AL) LaToa.rette Snyder Imlarshall Regola Schultz Biggert Cuellar Goode Davis (ICY) Leach Sodrel Matheson Rebberg Waters Bilirakis Culberson Gondlatte Davis, Jo Ann Lewis (CA) Sunder Matsui Reichert Watson Bishop (GA) Cummings Goidun Davis, Tom Lewis )KY) Stearns Mccarthy Reuzi Watt Bishop (NY) Cunningham Granger Deal (GA) Lmeder Sullivan MrCauI (TX) Reyes Waamas Bishop (UT) Davis (AL) Graves Dent LoBiondo Sweeney lmtcCollum (SIN) Reynolds Weiner Blackburn Davis (CA) Green (WI) Diag-Balart, L. Lucas Taneredu McCotter Rogeis (KY) We(dus (FL) Blumenaner Davis (FL) Green. Al O)az-Balart, ST. Lungreo, DanIel Taylor (hIS) MeCiery Kogers (Ill) Weldun (PA) Blunt Davis (IL) Green, Gene Doolittle K. Taylor (NC) slcoermott Kehrabacher Weller Boehlert Dams (KY) Grijalva Orake Mack Terry McGovern Res-Lehtineo Westmere(sod Bonibla Davis (TN) Gutierrea Denier Maozul(o Thomas McHenry Ross Wecler Bonner Davis, Jo Ann Gutkneeht Duncan Marehamit Thornberry McHugh Rothmnsn Whitfield Bsnu Oasis, Tom Hall Kh(ers Matliessn Tiahrt McIntyre Rsybal-Allard Wicker Souzman Coal (GA) Harman Emeroon MeCaul (TX) Tiberi MeKeon Royce Wilson (NM) Suren DeFazis Harris English (PA( MeCotter Turner MeKinney Rupporsberger Wilson (SC) Boswell OeGette Hart Everett MeCrery Upton McMurris Rush Wolf Boucher Delahunt Hastert Feesey MeHenry Walden (OR) McHulty Ryan )OH( Woulsey Bomistany DeLanro Hastings (FL) Ferguson McHugh Walsh Sleehan Ryan (WI) IVo Boyd Dent Hasungs (WA) Fitzpatrick (PA) MeKess Tamp Meek (FL) Ryun (KS) Wynn Bradley (HH) Oioz-Ba(art, L. Hayes Flake MeMorris Weldoo (PA) Meeks (NY) Sabo Young (AK) Brady (PA) Oiaz-Balart, M. Hayieurth Foley Mica Weller Brady (TX) Oicks Honey NAYS—S Forbes Stiller (FL) Wentmorelaod Brown (OM) Oingell Hensarling Fortenberry Miller )Mf) Whitfield Boehner Otter Shadegg Brown (SC) Ooggett Mergei Fnssella Miller, Gary Wicker Castle Paul Thoroberry Brown, Corrine Don(itt(e Herseth Fain Moore (KS) Wilson (MM) Flake Sensenbrenner Young (FL) Browo-Wuite, Doyle Higgins Franks (AZ) Moran (KS) Wilson (SC) Ginny Orake Hiochey NOT Frelinghuysen Murphy Wolf VOTING—S Burgess Oieier Hinojusa Gallegly Musgrave Young (AK) Saird Jones (MC) Rogers (AL) Burton (IN) Oonzan Hnbsun Garrett (HJ) Myrick Young (FL) DeLay Hortliup Slaughter Butterfield Edivards Moekstra Scans Ramstsd Stupak NOT VOTING—)O Buyer Ehlers Hsldvn Cabsert Ensannel Hult Ramsead Stupak Baird Causp Kmemnn Honda 1451 Rogers (AL) J DeLay Weldan (FL) Cannon Knge) Hoabey Evans Sabo Cantor English (PA) Hostottber So the bill was passed. Slaughter Muithop Capitu Kshoo Hnyer The result of the vote was above re ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Capps Ktheridge Hulshof corded. Capuano Kverett Hunter The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cardin Farr Hyde The mGtion to reconsider was laid on SIMPSON) (during the vote). Members Carduza Fattah Inglis (SC) the table. March 10, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1325 AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO may work some late nights next week. And the budget itself will likely be MAKE CORRECTIONS IN EN It is quite possible that there will be considered in the Committee on Rules GROSSMENT OF H.R. 3, TRANS votes; Members should expect them on on Tuesday evening. And again, I can PORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEG Friday as we head into the spring dis not predict exactly what shape the rule ACY FOR USERS trict work period. will take. In fact, when we are com Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I pleted here, I will he making an an I would like for my friend, the gen ask unanimous consent that in the en nouncement for the deadline for con grossment of the bill, HR. 3, the Clerk tleman from California (Mr. DRELER), if sideration of amendments. I will tell he could, to be a little more definite be authorized to correct section num the gentleman, as in the past, the Com about next Priday. bers, punctuation, and cross references, mittee on Rules has had a tendency, Mr. DREIER. As the gentleman I and to make such other necessary tech and hope to continue that pattern, for knows, we have these two critically nical and conforming changes as may actually showing preference for sub important measures that need to be be necessary to reflect the actions of stitute packages that would be offered considered next week, the supple by the House. Members. And we want to encourage mental appropriations bill, which is a The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Members who would like to offer budg very high priority to ensure that our et substitutes to get to us just SIMPSON). Is there objection to the re those as men and women in uniform in Iraq quickly as possibly can. quest of the gentleman from Alaska? we have the resources necessary to com Again, it is difficult to say at this There was no objection. plete their very important job over moment exactly what that rule will there. We all know there is strong bi consist of. GENERAL LEAVE partisan support for our troops. And of Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. If we have course, making sure that we complete consideration of the rule on Tuesday, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I the important budget resolution. what day does the gentleman expect unanimous consent that all Mem ask In light of the fact that we have the budget to come to the Floor? legislative days within bers may have 5 those two priorities that need to be ad Mr. DREIER. Well, again, the supple extend their re which to revise and dressed next week, I am saying I think mental appropriations bill is the first extraneous material marks and include it.is quite possible that Members could item that we will be working on, and on H.R. 3. anticipate votes on Friday. then it will be some time later in the Is there The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Is the gen week. Obviously, if we do as I suspect, objection to the request of the gen tleman telling us that the supple the Committee on Rules will make in tleman from Alaska? mental appropriations will come up order different substitutes; we will There was no objection. next Tuesday? need to have time for that. So it will be Mr. DREIER. I would say we antici later in the week next week. So I can we will see the supplemental MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT pate that not tell the gentleman exactly what bill considered before we consider the day it will be, but it will be into the A message in writing from the Presi budget resolution. And the Committee week. And again, quite possibly, it dent of the United States was commu on Rules is planning to meet Monday could extend until Friday. nicated to the House by Mrs. Wanda evening for consideration of the supple Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, will the Evans, one of his secretaries. mental appropriation bill. We cannot gentleman yield? say with absolute certainty when ex Ms. LEWIS of Georgia. I yield to the actly it will come up, but it is the first gentleman from South Carolina. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM thing scheduled legislatively beyond Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, I would (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was the measures that we will consider ask if my friend from California ex given permission to address the House under suspension of the rules. I think pects the rule to be on the floor for 1 minute.) it is quite possible it will be on Tues Wednesday of next week? Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, day. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the I take this time to ask the gentleman Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. What kind of gentleman yield? from California (Mr. DRIER) about the rule will we have? Will it be an open Mr. LEWIS of California. I yield to schedule for next week. rule or a restricted rule? the gentleman from California. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the Mr. DREIER. I am privileged to serve Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am gentleman yield? as chairman of the Committee on happy to say to the distinguished rank Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. I yield to the Rules, but it is impossible for me at ing minority member of the Committee gentleman from California. this juncture to predict exactly what on the Budget that it is our plan to Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as Mem this 13-member committee that spends consider the rule on the budget in the bers have noticed, we have completed hours deliberating over major public Committee on Roles probably late our legislative work for the week, and policy issues will do at the end of the Tuesday afternoon. So depending on the House will convene on Monday at 2 day on this. I can assure the gentleman exactly what happens time-wise on p.m. for legislative business. We will it will be a fair and balanced rule. But consideration of the supplemental ap consider several measures under sus I will oppose putting it out unless it is propriations bill, it is quite possible pension of the rules. A final list of a fair and balanced rule that allows for that we could begin work on this on those bills will be sent to Members’ of consideration of very important meas Wednesday, but I am not absolutely fices by the end of this week. Any votes ures. certain at this juncture what day it on those measures that are debated on I know my colleague joins me in would be. Monday will be taken at 6:30 p.m. on wanting to ensure that we get the re Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, will the Monday. sources necessary to our men and deadline for filing proposed substitutes On Tuesday and the balance of the women in uniform who are having such or amendments be 5 o’clock on Mon week, the House will convene at 10 great success in Iraq. I thank the gen day? am.; it is important to know that it is tleman for yielding. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I would 10 am. on Tuesday, for legislative busi Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. I ask my say that it is our intention in light of ness. We expect to consider two bills friend from California which day would the fact that we are discussing this under a rule, the Emergency Wartime he expect us to consider the budget and Thursday afternoon that the announce Supplemental and the Budget Resolu what type of rule would he anticipate ment that I plan to make when we tion for Fiscal Year 2006. for considering the budget? complete this colloquy is that we will Finally, I would like to remind all Mr. DREIER. I am happy to say that, ask for the amendments to the budget Members that next week is a 5-day again, that we anticipate that the first to be submitted to the Committee on work week. We will have votes on Mon major measure of the week that we will Rules by 10 am, on Tuesday which will day, and it will be a very, very active consider, following suspensions, will be allow us to meet Tuesday afternoon. So week as we head into the recess. We the supplemental appropriations bill. 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PRACTICES Jack Schenendoris practice concentrates on transportation and legislation with a particular focus on legislative strategy, legislative procedure, and 1 Government Affairs the federal budget process. He was recently appointed by Speaker INDUSTRIES Hastert to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, where he serves as Vice-Chairman. I Transportation I Telecommunications For nearly 25 years, Mr. Schenendorf served on the staff of the Committee EDUCATION on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was Chief of Staff from 1995 to 2001. In BNA’s I Georgetown University Law Mr. Schenendorf was described “as one of Center, J.D., 1975 Daily Report for Executives, the most powerful staffers on the Hill, [who] has played a large role in I Union College, B.S., 1966 crafting every piece of major transportation legislation in the past decade.” BAR ADMISSIONS

I District of Columbia Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Mr. Schenendorf served on the I Maryland BushiCheney Transition where he was Chief of the Transition Policy Team for the U.S. Department of Transportation and was responsible for reviewing all transportation policies and issues for the incoming Administration.

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1 Advised Associated General Contractors, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and Association of Equipment Manufactures on transportation legislation and transportation financing. I Advised United Airlines on aviation, pension, tax, and bankruptcy matters.

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Advised Qualcomm on telecommunications, patent, tax, and government contracting matters. Advised Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor Coalition on transportation authorization and appropriations matters. • Advised Union Pacific on transportation-related matters. • Advised Friends of the High Line on transportation authorization and appropriations matters. • Advised the American Automobile Association on legislative strategy. S Advised Massachusetts Transportation Authority on transportation- related investigations. • Advised Aloha Airlines on aviation-related matters. • Advised Koch Industries on transportation-related financing issues.

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S Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, Chief of Staff (1995-2001) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, US. House of Representatives, Various Stall Positions (1976-1 994) • National Commission on Water Quality, Counsel (1975-1976) a United States Navy, Nuclear Submarine Program, Officer (1967- 1972)

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• Best Lawyers in America, 2007 U Appointed to National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, elected Vice-Chairman, 2006

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Statement of Jack Schenendorf Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP On the 1-75/Coconut Road Interchange Project

I am Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling LLP. Prior to joining Covington in 2001, I served for nearly 25 years on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Between 1 995 and 2001, 1 was the Committee’s chief of staff. During my time on the Committee, I worked on every major piece of highway legislation enacted into law.

I presently serve as Vice-Chairman of the National Surface Transportation Revenue and Policy Study Commission, established by SAFETEA-LU to study the future of the nation’s surface transportation programs and the financing thereof.

I have been asked to review and comment on the provision in SAFETEA-LU regarding the “Coconut Road Interchange 1-75/Lee County, FL” (hereinafter referred to as the “Coconut Road Provision”). I have reviewed Ms. Dana Letourneau’s July 31, 2007, memorandum on the same subject.

The following statement contains my analysis and conclusions regarding the Coconut Road Provision.

1. The Coconut Road Provision m SAFETEA-LU is Valid as Drafted and Signed by the President.

SAFETEA-LU was signed by President Bush on August 10, 2005. The President’s action culminated a complex legislative process leading to the presentment of an enrolled bill for his signature. The Coconut Road Provision was included in the enrolled bill. Under the “enrolled bill doctrine,” the text of the enrolled bill is conclusively presumed to reflect the terms of the bill as passed by both the House and the Senate.

The Enrollment Process

Some question has been raised regarding the fact that the language of the Coconut Road Provision was changed subsequent to the filing of the SAFETEA-LU Conference Report. In my experience on Capitol Hill, it is not surprising that the enrolled version of the SAFETEA-LU bill contains some variation in its provisions from the text of the printed conference report. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

Once a conference report passes the House and Senate, the Enrolling Clerk will begin the painstaking and important task of enrolling the bill. During this process, errors are often discovered. Some of these errors may be corrected by the Enrolling Clerk during the enrollment process. In my experience, the Enrolling Clerk is highly professional and will only make corrections when convinced that an error has been made, that fixing the error is necessary to reflect accurately the intent of the House and Senate, and that fixing the error has bipartisan, bicameral support. The remaining errors must be corrected by either a concurrent resolution or a technical corrections bill.

SAFETEA-LU had the normal errors that might be expected in legislation of that size and complexity. Indeed, the staff of the SAFETEA-LU conference committee corrected a number of these errors right up until the final minutes before the 1,200-page conference report was filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Those errors were corrected by hand directly on the copy of the report filed with the Clerk and appear in the printed conference report.

Once the SAFETEA-LU conference report passed the House and Senate, the Enrolling Clerk began the enrolling process. During this process. additional errors were discovered. As part of the enrolling process, ii. appears that the Enrolling Clerk corrected a provision related to the Coconut Road Provision. Again, based on my experience, the Enrolling Clerk would only have made this correction if convinced that an error had been made, that fixing the error was necessary to reflect accurately the intent of the House and Senate, and that fixing the error had bipartisan, bicameral support.

I would also note that the Coconut Road Provision was not the only provision corrected during the enrollment process. Other provisions in the SAFETEA-LU conference report were corrected as well. For example, in section 3044 of the conference report, project 548 reads “Jacksonville Transportation Authority-Fleet Replacement and Equipment.” It does not identify the state. Since there is a Jacksonville in at least six states, each of these states could have claimed the funds. During the enrolling process, however, this provision was revised to make clear that the funds were to go to Jacksonville, Florida.

Moreover, SAFETEA-LU is not unique in this regard. During my years on Capitol Hill, I remember a number of instances where bills were corrected during enrollment. For example, in 1998 in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, a significant mistake was made in a provision relating to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. We inserted the wrong version of the provision in the conference report. Working with the Enrolling Clerk, we fixed the provision during the enrollment process. By doing so, we insured that the bill signed by the President included the Boundary Waters provision Congress intended.

And more recently, correction of an error during the enrollment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 gained widespread attention. As passed by the Senate, the DRA specified a 13-month duration of Medicare payments for certain durable medical equipment. However, when the Senate bill was sent to, the House, the Senate Clerk erroneously included a 36-month duration instead of the 13month duration actually approved by the Senate. The House approved the bill with a 36- month duration in it. In the process of enrolling the bill, the Enrolling Clerk found the error and corTected it by reinserting a 13-month duration. The President signed the bill in January 2006, and COVINGTON & GURLING LLP

soon thei-eafier the law was challenged on the grounds that the I-louse and Senate had passed different versions. The challenge failed as the courts upheld the law as modified by the Enrolling Clerk. See Public Citizen v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 486 F.3d 1.342 (D.C. Cir. 2007).

The Enrolled Bill Doctrine

The enrolled version of SAFETEA-LU signed by the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the President of the United States, is conclusively presumed to reflect the actual statutory language passed by the House and the Senate. This “enrolled bill doctrine,” first announced by the United States Supreme Court in 1892, see Marshall Field & Co. v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649 (1892), was recently reaffirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Public Citizen litigation, see 486 F.3d 1342.

The enrolled bill doctrine recognizes the absolute finality of congressional enactments signed by the President. The Supreme Court explained:

The signing by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and by the President of the Senate, in open session. of an enrolled bill, is an official attestation by the Iwo houses of such bill as one that has passed Congress. II is a declaration by the two houses, through their presiding officers, to the President, that a bill, thus attested, has received, in due form, the sanction of the legislative branch of the government, and that it is delivered to him in obedience to the constitutional requirement that all bills which pass Congress shall be presented to him. And when a bill, thus attested, receives his approval, and is deposited in the public archives, its authentication as a bill that has passed Congress should be deemed complete and unimpeachable.

Marshall Field, 143 U.S. at 472. Absent this doctrine, every statute would be open to constitutional challenge based on any technical discrepancy between the enrolled act and the text of the bill as passed by the House and the Senate. Given the voluminous nature of much legislation, the enrolled bill doctrine represents both a prudential and constitutional necessity.

Since the Coconut Road Provision was included in the enrolled version of SAFETEA-LU signed by the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the President of the United States, it is conclusively presumed to reflect the terms of the bill as passed by both the House and the Senate.

2. Funding for the Coconut Road Project is Over and Above the Funding Secured by the Florida Delegation For 1-75 Widening and Improvements in Collier and Lee County, Florida.

Section 1702 of SAFETEA-LU contains 5,173 High Priority Projects designated by members of the House and Senate. Included in these projects are four projects for 1-75 widening and improvements in Collier and Lee County, Florida. Total funding for these four projects is $81.1 million. These provisions were not changed during the enrollment process. The full $81.1 million secured by the Florida delegation for 1-75 widening remains intact. COVINGTON & BURLING

The $10 million for the 1-75/Coconut Road interchange Project came from a new category of funding established in section 1934 of SAFETEA-LU for “Transportation Improvements.” This for 1-75 $10 million is over and above the $81.1 million secured by the Florida Delegation from” widening. Thus, any allegation that the Coconut Road funding was “taken from” or “stolen other 1-75 funding appears to be false.

conference report, It is noteworthy that when the House and Senate approved the SAFETEA-LU the members of the Florida Delegation issued press releases taking credit for securing $81.1 These press million for 1-75 widening and improvements in Collier and Lee County, Florida. the Road releases, however, did not mention or take credit for the $10 million for 1-75/Coconut widening and Interchange Project (even though the conference report referred to it as “1-75 appears that the local Florida improvements in Collier and Lee County, Florida”). It certainly and, in fact, was not even aware delegation was not responsible for securing this additional funding of the additional funding.

Allocation. 3. Funding for the Coconut Road Project is Over and Above Florida’s Normal category of As mentioned above, the $10 million for the Coconut Road project came from a special to funding (Section 1934 “Transportation Improvements”). Funding for this category was limited just 466 projects. the equity What made this funding special is that it was “above-the-line” funding, not subject to and bonus calculation. It was therefore over and above the state’s normal apportionments funding was highly allocations. It was truly “additional money” for the state. As a result, this sought after and was among the most coveted funding in the bill. over and above its This means that the $10 million for Coconut Road is extra money for Florida, project were to be base apportionments and allocations. If the funding for the Coconut Road for the repealed, Florida would lose $1 0 million. The equity bonus program would not compensate loss because Section 1934 funding is not included in the equity bonus calculation.

Purpose and May Not Be 4. The Coconut Road Funding May Only Be Used For Its Authorized Reprogrammed, Reallocated or Transferred for its intended The funding in SAFETEA-LU for the Coconut Road Project may only be used bills purpose and may not be reprogrammed, reallocated or transferred. While appropriations bills do not. typically allow a certain amount of reprogramming, transportation authorization the Coconut Road The $10 million in funding for the Coconut Road project must be used for project. It is that simple. flexibility” It is true, as Ms. Letourneau points out, that SAFETEA-LU contains a “project projects provision permitting certain funds to be temporarily reallocated among the authorized projects within a state. This provision is intended to allow states to use funds from slower-moving to help speed up faster-moving projects. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

The “project flexibility” provision, however, does no! permit slates to permanently divert funding from a specific statutory authorization. All bolTowed funds must be restored to their authorized purpose by no later than the end of the 2009 fiscal year. Accordingly, neither the Lee County MPO nor the Florida Department of Transportation may permanently reprogram the use of the Coconut Road funds.

The only way to change the purpose for which the Coconut Road Project funding may be used is for Congress to amend SAFETEA-LU to make the change. As the following section explains, it is at best unlikely the Congress will pass technical corrections to SAFETEA-LU that address the Coconut Road funding.

5. Congress is Unlikely to Pass a Technical Corrections Bill Addressing the Coconut Road Authorization. Moreover, Any Attempt to Modify the Coconut Road Provision May Present Additional Risks.

First, it is unlikely that Congress will ever pass a technical corrections bill to amend SAFETEA LU. To date. there have been three separate attempts to pass technical corrections legislation. Each attempi has resuhed in failure.

Second, the bill currently pending in the Senate (H.R. 3248) is Congress’ latest effort and will likely suffer the same fate as the previous three efforts. Several Senators have stated publicly that if H.R. 3248 ever reaches the Senate floor for a vote, they will offer substantial amendments to the bill. Those proposed amendments would strip major features from H.R. 3248, or otherwise alter the bill substantially. With such clear opposition to the bill as passed by the House, it is unlikely that the full Senate will ever vote upon H.R. 3248.

Third, the current version of H.R. 3248 does not contain a provision modifying the Coconut Road project. Given the precarious status of the bill, it will not be easy to modify it to include Coconut Road.

For these reasons, Congress is in my view unlikely to pass a technical corrections bill addressing the Coconut Road Project. But failure to enact a legislative fix is not the only risk for the Coconut Road project. Once the door is opened to change, there may be additional risks that jeopardize the Coconut Road Project funding itself.

Ms. Letourneau’s memorandum asserts that the Coconut Road authorization is “a prime candidate for a technical correction”; that the “Lee County MPO has the right to have the $10 million redirected”; that the statute protects the $10 million until expended; and that by custom the congressional delegation representing the geographic area of the designated project could initiate the change, implying that this would be a fairly straight-forward process. Ms. Letourneau seems to proceed from the premise that the Coconut Road Project is just like the other member-designated projects in the bill.

In my view, these assertions and assumptions are incorrect. Let me explain why. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

First, it seems clear that the congressional delegation representing the geographic area was not responsible for the Coconut Road earmark (or the initial 1-75 widening project language in the conference report). Consequently, they may not be given the customary deference with respect to legislative modifications. The initiators of the earmark may assert their prerogatives in determining how the funds should be reallocated in the event the State or local area rejects the Coconut Road project.

Second, the $10 million in funding for the Coconut Road project is above-the-line funding. It is the type of funding that virtually every member wanted for his or her project. If it becomes known that “the State or local area doesn’t want the money for the Coconut Road project,” then other interests in Florida or in other states may come forward seeking to have these above-the-line funds statutorily transferred to their projects.

And finally, Ms. Letourneau fails to mention that there have been a number of instances where unused project funding has been repealed in order to serve as an offset for new spending. If the State or local area rejects the Coconut Road Project, then the $10 million could become a target for anyone looking for offsets.

These are potentially significant risks.

The bottom line is that Congress is unlikely to pass a technical corrections bill addressing the Coconut Road authorization. Moreover, any attempt to modify the Coconut Road Provision may present additional risks for the project’s funding. Congressman Young’s Coconut Road 1-75 Interchange Earmark

Lee County MPO Options

Released by Lee MPO Chair, Carla Brooks Johnston (Former Mayor, Sanibel) August 8, 2007

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Lee MPO Chair Carla Brooks Johnston released an independent research report on questions which she deems critical to the MPO’s making an informed decision on how to spend the $10 rmllion dollars earmarked for a Coconut Road 1-75 Interchange. 1-ler charge to researcher, Dana Letourneau, a career professional familiar with Congressional appropriations procedures, was to determine the following: 1) What exactly did Congress vote for when inserting Congressman Young’s Coconut Road Earmark? 2) Could the Lee MPO reallocate the funds to higher priority projects, if it wished? 3) What is the exact procedure for re-programming an earmark?

The research paper documents that 1) Congress didn’t vote $10 million for “a Coconut Road Interchange”; Congress voted $10 million for “1-75 widening arid improvement.” 2) The money can be reallocated immediately on a loan basis, and permanently by making a technical correction in the legislation to what Congress actually voted. 3) There are a number of ways someone in our Congressional delegation can initiate such a legislative technical correction.

Johnston stated, “Fifteen honorable elected officials comprise the Lee MPO. We need the answers to the above questions prior to our August 17, 2007 meeting when we decide on how the Coconut Road earmark money will be spent. In setting our county-wide priorities, we include the economic development needs of the majority of county businesses, the needs of residents and visitors in our rapidly growing population, and we strive to protect the environmental resources which make possible our econoniic viability. Our staff and the Florida Department of Transportation staff constantly update the data we use in decision making. The Lee MPO, in setting priorities, affirms this staff work and affirms the support of our Congressional delegation’s vote. I do not think anyone believes that Alaskan Congressman Young’s self-interests should detennine Lee County Florida priorities.”

BELOW IS REPORT. ACTUAL DOCUMENTS IN ADOBE A1TACHED

Memorandum: July 31, 2007

To: Carla Brooks Johnston, Chair of Lee County MPO

From: Dana Letounieau, former Deputy Asst. Secy, U.S. Department of Labor, 1993- 2000 (DOL representative to Appropriations Committees) (Lee County resident)

Subject: Research on Coconut Road 1-75 Interchange Earmark:

I. History of Earmark

II. Is the $10 M Lost to Lee County if not used for Coconut Rd.?

III. How to Change the Purpose of the Eamiark

IV. Conclusion

I. hISTORY

The authorization and funding for the Coconut Road interchange 1-75/Lee County project is contained in Public Law 109-59, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (known as SAFETEA-LU). This law was signed by the President on August 10, 2005. This statute included 5 projects for Lee County:

Lee County’s Five “Member Earmark” Projects (total 5-year funds—FY-05-09)

High Priority Projects (I-IPP) (Section 1701 of Title I):

#781 1-75 Widening and Improvements in Collier & Lee County, FL $36.0 million

[Added by House in conference June/July 2005J

#93 1 Widening and Improvements for 1-75 in Collier & Lee County $21.6 million

[added by House in conference June/July 2005)]

#3898 1-75 Widening and improvements in Collier & Lee County, FL $15.0 million [added by Senate in conference June/July 2005]

#3920 1-75 improvements, widen to six lanes 1-75 from Golden Gate

Parkway in Collier County to Daniels Parkway in Lee County $ 8.5 million

[added by Senate in conference June/July 2005J

Transportation Improvement Projects (TIP) (Section 1934 of Title I):

#462 Coconut Rd. interchange 1-75/Lee County* $10.0 million

[* This project added by the House in conference was niiiizbered prolect #461 in the Conference Report (H. Rept. l09-2O3, and designated as $10 million for “widening and improvements for 1-75 in collier all d Lee County” when it passed both the House and Sellate Oil July 28, 2005. However, AFTER final passage by Congress and before the President signed the bill into law oiz August 10th, the purpose ofthe earmark was changed to “coconut Rd. “1

GRAND TOTAL $91.1 million

[See Attachments 1, 2, 3, 4, 4(a), and 5.]

As you can see, several of the Lee County projects have the same description—”I-75 widening and improvements in Collier and Lee County.” The reason for multiple projects with the same title/description is that each individual project number represents a specific member’s request. Although the name of the member requesting the project was not required to be made public when this bill was enacted in 2005, it is fair to assume that each member of the Lee and Collier County’s congressional delegation (Senate and House) asked for a member earmark related to the 1-75 work needed in Lee and Collier Counties.

When the funds come to the local level through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), all the numbered projects with the same title/description are managed as one.

Detail: Legislative History:

House Action

The transportation bill, H.R. 3, originated in the House, and was passed by the full House on March 10, 2005.

There was no section in the House-passed bill dealing with “Transportation Improvement Projects” (TIP). • The original House bill only contained 96 “High Priority Projects” (HPP) (compared to the final number of 5,091), and none of these were for the Coconut Road Interchange or any other Lee County projects.

• Only 3 relatively small Florida projects were on the original House-passed list of 96 projects, and none of them were for Lee County.

Senate Action

On March 16, 2005, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works reported out its version of SAFETEA-LU, 5. 732.

• Nothing in the table of contents of S.732 indicates that either the HHP or TIP sections were included and no member earmarks were listed in S. 732. (See table of contents of S. 732, found on www. THOMAS.gov.)

• It is not unusual for the number of member earmarks to grow substantially as the bill goes through the legislative process. Committees (esp. in the Senate) often slip in the member earmarks at the last minute in order to minimize the press scrutiny of earmarks, and maximize the Chairman’s leverage over the members seeking the earmarks.

• From April 26 through May 17, 2005, the Senate version of H.R. 3 (S. 732) was on the Senate floor. The Senate considered hundreds of amendments, and psgd its version of H.R. 3 on May 17, 2005. Based upon a review of the Congressional Record, it does not appear that any member earmark projects were considered during floor action. [See the detailed list of all legislative actions for H.R. 3, as found on THOMAS.J Again, this demonstrates that most member earmarks are handled behind closed doors and at the end of the legislative process.

Con ference Committee

The Conference Committee, made up of members (usually authorizing committee members) appointed by both the House and Senate, met on June 6, 2005 to resolve disagreements between the House and Senate bills.

• On July 28’, the conferees filed the conference report (called H. Rept. 109-203). The conference agreement includes a substitute for the Senate amendment, and for the first time includes a new category of member projects--Section 1934, Transportation Improvements (TIP) projects, and includes the conference agreed upon list of member projects.

• This TIP list, organized by State in the conference report, contained 465 member projects, including 7 Florida projects (#44-50), none of which are in Lee County.

• At the end of this list of projects in alphabetical order by State (which is the way the Senate organizes its projects), there is a list of 10 projects, apparently added late in the process, that are not in order by State.

• In this list of 10 “last minute” projects, which have hand-written new project numbers on the side, there is for the first time “Proiect#461, FL, Widening and Improvements for I 75 in Collier and Lee County, $10 million”. o This means that when the House members voted on the HR. 3 conference report (H. Rept. 109-203) on July 29, 2005, they voted for this wording of the proiect, not “Coconut Rd. Interchange”. o Since the Senate passed the House-passed conference report on the same day, the Senate also voted on this original version of this earmark language. [See Attachment 3. (Note Adobe copy omits Attachment title—It starts w. cover for “Conference Report-H.R.3]

Note: All the source documents are found on the official congressional website (www.THOMAS.gov, maintained by the Library of Congress. To access the final conference report voted on by Congress, search for “H.Rept. 109-203”, and go to section 1934, and look for Project #461.1

Bill Enrollment

Bills that pass Congress must go through a technical “bill enrollment” process to ensure that the final bill sent to the President for signature reflects precisely the effect of all amendments agreed to by both bodies. Under House and Senate rules, just after Congress’s final passage of the bill, the bill’s conference committee manager requests unanimous consent for the Clerk of the House (under the direction of the Conference Committee Chairman), to make such changes after passage of the bill. By giving unanimous consent for these technical corrections to be made in the bill after it has been passed, the House and Senate are authorizing corrections to section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make such other necessary technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the final actions of both bodies. [See Attachments 4(a), and also see explanation in THOMAS “How Our Laws Are Made, XVII. Enrollment”.]

In the case of H.R. 3, the enrolled version of the bill [See Attachment 4, from THOMAS] redesignated the $10 million Lee County project #461 as #462 (most likely reflecting a clerical eiTor in the bill as passed). Most importantly, after congressional passage of the conference report, the purpose of this proiect changed from its passed version of “widening and improvements forT- 15 in Collier and Lee County” to “Coconut Rd. interchange 1-75/Lee County”.

It is unclear how such a substantive change could have been made at this point in the process without taking the matter back to Congress for a vote. For example, on July 29w, Congress passed H. Con Res. 226 to make a correction to the enrollment of H.R. 3, striking section 1942. f]q there is a legislative process (Concurrent Resolution) available for post-enactment substantive changes, which was not used in the case of TIP#462 (Coconut Rd.).

The enrolled version of a bill is not usually available to the public, since it is quickly replaced by the version of the bill signed by the President that is then printed as public law. Although a copy of the enrolled version of the bill is now available on THOMAS, it is unlikely that it was available publicly at the time it was transmitted to the President.

• A change in the description/purpose of a member project would not be within the scope of the technical enrollment rules. It is hard to imagine how such a substantive change to Section 1934 could have been made at this point in the legislative process without the knowledge and/or involvement of the Chair of the Conference Committee at the time (Rep. Don Young (R-AK).

• According to press reports, Congressman Connie Mack requested the $10 million in #462, which was included in the final conference report as “#461: 1-75 widening and

improvements “. Congressman Mack has said he was unaware of the change in its designated purpose to “Coconut Rd. interchange/1-75” until after the bill was signed by the President. P.L. 109-59, as signejyjhe President

• The bill as signed by the President, P.L. 109-59, enacted on August 10, 2005, contains the same language as in the enrolled bill.

• It wasn’t until after the bill became law that it became public that the 1O million for Lee County in Project #462 chanced from “widening and improvements in 1-75” to “Coconut Rd. interchange/I-75”.

II. IS THE $10 MILLION LOST TO LEE COUNTY IF NOT USED FOR COCONUT ROAD INTERCHANGE?

As this section will explain in detail, the MPO should not be worried about “losing $10 million” if it doesn’t want to proceed with the Coconut Rd. interchange. This $10 million is reserved for Lee County’s use until expended and cannot be taken away from the County or redirected by either the State or the Federal government without a change in the Federal statute.

There is an established congressional process and common practice for member earmark “technical corrections” legislation. Given that the intended purpose of Lee County’s project #462 was changed in the bill enrollment process after it had been passed by both the House and Senate, it is a prime candidate for a technical correction. It is the MPO’s responsibility to ask its congressional delegation for this legislative change. \Vhile this legislative process plays out, Lee County MPO can request FDOT to temporarily redirect (loan) these TIP #462 (Coconut Rd.) project funds, as provided by the statute in Section 1935, Project Flexibility, to the existing project for widening and improvements to 1-75 in Lee and Collier Counties (HPP #3898).

The following discussion details the components of this process.

A. Flexibility Provisions

Member Earmark Projects: Fundingyailability

Although changes in the purpose of the funds cannot be made without legislative action, the statute provides for some flexibility in the use of these funds during the 5 year period, as outlined below.

• The I-louse and Senate members have different interests; therefore, the flexibility rules have been designed to reflect those interests. Since the Senators represent the whole State, they provided some flexibility for projects with the State that were Senate projects. However, House members represent only their districts, so they have no interest in flexibility among projects within a State, thus, the flexibility provisions in the statute don’t apply to the House projects in Section 1701 (HPP).

• The funds listed for the “High Priority Projects” (HPP) are the 5-year total, and 20% of these funds are allocated to the State (FDOT) each year, FY 2005 to FY 2009. The HPP program is “subject to obligation limitation that is set aside specifically fro this program. • The limitation is special no year limitation that remains available until used.” (See Attachments 2 and 2(a).)

• As part of the “Transportation Improvement Projects” (TIP), the funds for these projects are also allocated to FDOT, and the amount listed in the table is the total for FY 2005-2009.

• These funds are allocated in the following amounts:

o 10% for FY 2005,

o 20% for FY 2006,

o 25%forFY 2007,

o 25% for FY 2008, and

o 20% for FY 2009.

(Section 1934(a) (2)).

• These funds are available until expended. (Section 1934(b) (1)).

[See Attachments I and 1(a).]

• Thus, of the $10 million for Project #462 (Coconut Rd.), 55% has already been allocated to FDOT, or $5.5 million. To date, it does not appear that any of these funds have been used for the Coconut Road Project (#462) purposes.

Member Earmark Projects: Flexibility Rules

• Section 1935 of Title I allows for some flexibility of funding between certain member earmark projects. Essentially, a State can “loan” money between projects both within and across types (High Priority Projects (1-IPP) and Transportation Improvement (TIP) projects), This flexibility applies to all Hieh Priority Projects that are numbered 3677 or higher (these are “Senate earmarks”); and applies to any Transportation Improvement Project (this program was added by the Senate; therefore they established rules as if they were all “Senate earmarks”).

• This flexibility provision essentially provides timing flexibility, allowing a State to give a higher priority to a certain high priority project so it can get a faster/bigger start; however, by the end of FY 2009, any project that had funds shifted out of it must have its funding level fully restored.

• Thus, no overall 5 year authorization for a project from the category list may be reduced.

• According to FHWA’s October 2006 Implementing Guidance for SAFETEA-LU High Priority Projects (Section H.B), the State DOT submits its request to the FHWA Division Office. This process does not require a decision by headquarters—they simply execute the financial transaction requested by the State.

[See Attachments 1, 1(a), and 8.] Although the Federal funds are allocated to the States, the programs operate on a reimbursable basis, both between the Federal government and the States, and between the local entities and the State. In other words, actual funds are not transferred until after the work is completed and the State (or the local government) submits the request for reimbursement. [Response from FHWA Program Administration staff 7/20/07.]

Application of Flexibility Provisions to TIP Project #462 (Coconut Road)

With respect to the application of this flexibility provision to Florida, the State has had the option over the past 3 years of temporarily shifting the $5.5 million allocated to date from TIP Project #462(Coconut Rd.) to HHP #3828 ($15 million for widening and improvements to 1-75/Lee and Collier Counties), allowing that project to get a faster start. Thus, rather than the project #462 (Coconut Rd.) funds “sitting in the bank” while the County pursues a statutory change in the language designating the use of funds, these funds can be put to use now on the 1-75 widening & improvement project (#3 828), which could include a study of such things as Bonita Beach and Corkscrew interchanges. The County has until 2009 (and even later if SAFETEA-LU reauthorization is delayed) to secure the language change in #462 (Coconut Rd.) that would return it to the original House and Senate passed conference report language of “1-75 widening and improvement in Lee & Collier Counties”. These funds will not be “lost” or “expire”, and cannot be redirected by the State for some other project without specific legislative action. [See Attachment 9.] If the project funds for #462 (Coconut Rd.) remain unused after 2009, the reauthorized transportation bill will likely include a section, such as Section 1603 in the 2005 SAFETEA-LU, which gives the Secretary of Transportation the authority to redirect the use of funds for “inactive projects”, but it includes a “sense of Congress” that “these funds should be spent in the same geographic region for which the eligible funds were initially made available.” [See Attachment 9.]

In sum, these funds will remain for a Lee County transportation project under any scenario.

III. How to Change the Purpose of the Earmark

Member earmarks in SAFETEA-LU are statutory earmarks, which mean that these funds cannot be used for any other purpose without a change in the Federal statute. Based on a review of public documents, it is not unusual that changes are needed in earmark language to reflect changes in local needs or entities to receive the funds, etc.

There are several ways in which these statutory changes can be made:

1. A technical corrections bill. A SAFETEA-LU technical corrections bill, H.R. 1195 and S. 1611, is currently making its way through Congress. It was passed by the House on March 1, 2007, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works reported it out of Committee on June 6ul. The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (which has some jurisdiction over the transit sections of the statute), also reported out its version of S. 1611 on June 13, 2007, and the bill is currently on the Senate Legislative Calendar. H.R. 1195 was passed by unanimous consent and voice vote in the House and the same procedure is likely for the Senate. In order words, it is signed off on by both sides of the aisle, and is passed without any debate or vote.

Detail:

The Senate bill, 5. 1611, could be brought to the floor at any. [Note that the Senate is

scheduled to recess August 6 — September 3, 2007, so it could be taken up before the August recess, or in September when they return.j Once the Senate passes its bill, a conference committee will be required, since the House and Senate bills will need to be reconciled, which creates another possible opportunity for this technical amendment to be inserted.

House authorizing committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

o Chair, Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN-8); Ranking Minority, John Mica (FL-7) [Note: Don Young (R-AK) was chair in 2005, and remains a member of the committee but is not in a leadership position.]

• There are 5 representatives on this subcommittee from FL—4 are Republicans, including the Ranking Minority, John Mica, Connie Mack, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Vern Buchanan

The one Democrat is Corrine Brown (3” district)

o Subcommittee: Highways and Transit

• Chair: Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

• Ranking Minority: John Duncan (R-TN)

(Note: Connie Mack is on committee but is not on this subcommittee)

Senate authorizing committee: Committee on Environment and Public Works [note: other committees have joint jurisdiction over other parts of the bill, but not the highway portion]

o Chair, Barbara Boxer (CA); Ranking Minority, James lnhofe (OK)

o Subcommittee: Transportation and Infrastructure:

• Max Baucus (D-MT) (Chair)

• John lsakson (R-GA) (Ranking)

o (Note: There are no Senators from FL on this Committee.) 2. Technical amendments section in the next version of SAFETEA-LU legislation when it is reauthorized in 2009. In the 2005 legislation, there is a Section 7103, “Technical Amendments to Transportation Projects”, which amends the previous legislation, TEA-2 1, which makes changes in 19 of the member earmarks in that bill. These changes are primarily changes in wording of the use of the funds for that community rather than a shifting of those projects to another purpose within the State. [See Attachment 7.]

Detail:

It is important to note that even though the funds i these original TEA-21 projects had been available since 1998, the funds remain available until spent, so that just because the original authorization dates of between FY 1998 and FY 2003 had passed, those funds were still available to be spent for these newly revised purposes, as enacted in these technical amendments in 2005.

3. Appropriations. Although a transportation bill, generated by the House or Senate authorizing committee, is the traditional starting point for technical corrections in legislation under its jurisdiction, these kinds of technical corrections can be attached to other legislative vehicles that are moving through.

Detail:

• The primary vehicle used for such technical coiTections is the annual appropriations bills. In this case, it could be the Transportation Appropriations bill which covers transportation issues.

• Although the funds for these transportation projects (and everything in the SAFETEA LU legislation) come from the Highway Trust Fund, the authority to obligate that money each year must be provided in the annual appropriations bill.

• Since having authorizing legislation on an appropriations bill is subject to a point of order on the floor, the appropriations committee must have a sign-off from the chair of the authorizing committee in order to “legislate on an appropriations bill”.

• An appropriations bill is often the only “train leaving the station” every year, so it becomes the vehicle for an assortment of legislative amendments in both the House and Senate, sometimes added in committee, on the floor, or in conference.

House Appropriations Committee:

Chair: Dave Obey (D-WI)

Ranking: Jerry Lewis (R-CA)

Transportation/HUD Subcommittee

Chair: John Olver (D-MA)

Ranking: Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) Note: There are 4 members from FL on the full Committee, but none on the subcommittee: Allen Boyd (D), Bill Young (R), Dave Weldon (R), and Ander Crenshaw (R).

Senate Appropriations Committee:

Chair: Robert Byrd (D-WVA)

Ranking: Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Transportation/HUD Subcommittee

Chair: Patty Murray (D-WA)

Ranking: Christopher Bond (R-MO)

Note: There are no Senators from Florida on the Appropriations Committee

Status of FY 2008 bill: House Committee marked up bill on July 11, 2007 & Senate Committee marked it up on July 12, 2007. Floor action in both houses could occur at any time. Conference committee action is anticipated in September-October.

4. Process for Making Change:

• In all of the three approaches above, by custom, a request for the change in language usually is initiated by a member of the affected congressional delegation.

• Bills often start in the House. However, the Senate could address it in their version of the bill, or an individual Senator could offer an amendment on the floor, or a conferee could attempt to insert it in conference, with clearance from the authorizing committee.

IV. CONCLUSION

In light of this research, it should be clear that:

• The purpose of the $10 million TIP project #462 (Coconut Rd.) was changed from the language in the final conference report as voted on by Congress on July 28, 2005—”widening and improvements for 1-75 in Collier and Lee County”—to “Coconut Rd. interchange 1-75/Lee County” AFTER congressional passage but before the bill was signed into law by the President. • The Lee County MPO has the right to have the $10 million redirected. • The statute protects this $10 million for a Lee County transportation project until expended. • It cannot be redirected to any other State or any other project within the State without a statutory change, which, by custom, is initiated by the congressional delegation representing the geographic area of the designated project. Contact Info:

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Money a motivator in 1-75 earmark?

A House committee chairman is credited with putting 810 million into the federal transportation bill for a study of an interchange at 1-75 and Coconut Road ... the question is why?

By Julio Ochoa

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, isn’t talking.

But his money is.

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who is credited with putting a $10 million earmark in the federal transportation bill to study an Interstate 75 interchange at Coconut Road, has been quiet about how the money got there.

However, a fundraiser Young held at the Hyatt Coconut Point in Estero after a town hail meeting at Florida Gulf Coast University on Feb. 19, 2005, is speaking volumes.

Some believe contributions from that fundraiser hold the key to understanding how the unrequested money for the interchange study made its way into the federal transportation bill, which lawmakers approved last year.

Although it isn’t clear exactly who was at the fundraiser, campaign disclosure records filed by Young show he recorded S41,750 in donations on the same day — March 8,2005. slightly more than two weeks after the fundraiser at the Hyatt. Of that amount, $16,750 came from donors who listed addresses in Naples, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers, and additional thousands came in from individuals or groups with connections to Southwest Florida.

At least one of the donors had a particular interest in the intersection.

Daniel Aronoff, a part-time Naples resident, owns two 600-acre sections of property directly east of where the interchange could go. Aronoff’s $500 contribution to Young’s campaign was reported at the same time that others from the fundraiser were filed.

A few months later, Aronoff contributed $2,500 to Young’s Midnight Sun Political Action Committee, which raises money to contribute to

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Aronoff couldn’t be located for comment.

‘Whenlawmakers approved the bill, many Lee County officials were surprised by the earmark for an interchange that wasn’t in the county’s long-range transportation plans.

For some, the contributions are enough to indicate that Young placed the $10 million in the bill based on special interests.

“To me, it looks very transparent,” Lee County Commissioner Ray Judah said. “It’s very transparent of what’s going on to the detriment of public interest.”

Judah, who is on Lee County’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, fought to keep the interchange out of the group’s long-range transportation plans.

He and several environmental groups are against the project because they fear it would make way for development on environmentally sensitive lands to the east of the interstate.

Judah also doesn’t want the federal government and special interests influencing transportation decisions in Lee County, he said.

Twice, Judah was successful in getting enough members of the MPO to agree with him.

However, when he reintroduced the issue at March’s MPO meeting in hopes of using the earmark to study an interchange with access oniy to the west, his initiative failed when members voted to put the project in Lee County’s 2030 Transportation Plan. Earmarks

If skeptics are right, it wouldn’t be the first time special interests influenced funding in the federal transportation bill, said Keith Ashdown, spokesman for Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group that follows political contributions.

With 6,374 earmarks tagged onto the federal transportation bill at a cost of $24 billion, Lee County is not the only area affected by special interests, Ashdown said.

The bill is loaded with projects that made it in because of politics, not their ability to reduce traffic or save lives, Ashdown said.

“A lot of people have learned the way to get earmarks is to grease the wheels and throw a little campaign cash in the direction of the

http://www .naplesnews .comlnews/2006/apr/ 16/money_motivator_i7 5_earrnarkl? print 4/2/2007 Page 3 of 7 representative from Alaska,” he said. “It’s outrageous. Projects should be chosen on merit, not just because you have deep pockets.”

But the practice seems to be becoming more of a standard in Congress because it is hard to prove a direct connection between fundraising and earmarks, Ashdown said.

“There is nothing illegal about campaign cash,” he said. “If it looks, smells and quacks like a bribe, it’s a bribe, but because he is not personally benefiting, it is not legally considered a bribe.”

Fundraising

It is not uncommon for a congressman to hold fundraisers to get campaign contributions outside of his or her home state, said Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers.

Mack said he has done it several times.

So has Young, according to campaign contribution records.

So far, during the 2006 election cycle, Young has raised 84 percent of his itemized campaign contributions from individuals in states other than his own, according to FEC Info, a company that tracks campaign contributions reported to the Federal Elections Commission.

The state with the highest amount of contributions is Arkansas, which also received a mysterious earmark in the federal transportation bill.

In 2004, when lawmakers were still drafting the bill. Arkansas politicians held a fundraiser for Young that raised about $42 millioi for his re election campaign.

Several proponents of a project to extend an Arkansas highway attended the meeting and donated to Young’s Midnight Sun PAC.

Months later, many in Arkansas were surprised to find S40 million in the Houses version of the federal transportation bill for the highway project.

Like the proposed Coconut Road interchange, Arkansas’ highway project wasn’t in the area’s long-term plans.

By the time lawmakers approved the bill, the $40 million earmark rose to $72 million and required a state match,

Young’s fundraiser at the Hyatt helped Florida achieve its rank of sixth in the nation in individual contributions to Young’s campaign, according to FEC Info.

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Mack said he helped organize the fundraiser for Young.

“Any time a powerful chairman of a committee comes to Southwest Florida, it is a good thing,” Mack said. “I was happy that the chairman took time to come and happy to help in any way I could,”

Contributors reported on Young’s March 8, 2005, filing who could be reached for comment said they attended the fundraiser and donated because they support improving Southwest Florida’s infrastructure.

“We support anything that will enhance the expansion if 1-75,” said Michael Reitrnann, executive director of the Lee Building Industry Association. “I personally wrote a check because I believe Rep. Young can help the area.”

With a university, an airport and the addition of a major mall in the Coconut Road area, funding to study an 1-75 interchange makes absolute sense, Reitmann said.

“I hear comments made about political agendas,” he said. “It’s the typical response from anti-growth advocates and commissioners that have their own political agenda.”

Tina Matte, spokeswoman for the Southwest Florida Transportation Initiative, said her agency has met with Young on several occasions to talk about expanding 1-75.

The fundraiser was another opportunity to garner Young’s support, said Matte, who attended the event.

“Chairman Young, being the chair of one of the most-powerful committees in Washington, travels all the time,” Matte said. “It’s certainly not unusual that a community hosts him and supports his efforts.”

Southwest Florida has many transportation needs, Mack said. The chairman put $81 million in the transportation bill to help with the 1-75 expansion and also recognized that the area needs more east-west corridors, Mack said.

“Infrastructure is so important to the quality of life and safety in Southwest Florida,” he said. “Anytime we have an opportunity to improve our infrastructure in Southwest Florida, we have to take that seriously.”

But opponents of the interchange don’t buy that argument.

County planners have identified a multitude of other projects that take precedence over the Coconut Road interchange, said Don Eslick, chairman of the Estero Council of Community Leaders, who, along with many other residents in Estero, opposes the interchange.

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Letter: Stop demonizing the Bonitans

By Banner

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Editor, The Banner:

To my good friend Arnie Rosenthal: When things get controversial in Estero, the un-elected Estero leadership frequently resorts to “Bonita-bashing,” rather than looking to find constructive solutions and area-wide consensus to address South Lee County problems. Arnie, your recent opinion piece is a prime example.

The Coconut Road/I-75 interchange will be needed sooner rather than later, but most certainly at some point in time rather than never, to reduce the traffic congestion that has come to plague South Lee County (both Estero and Bonita Springs) over the past few years. All of the experts agree that the interchange will reduce congestion on Three Oaks Parkway, Corkscrew Road, U.S. 41, Bonita Beach Road, and even modestly on Alico and Immokalee Roads to the north and south.

The opponents to the interchange claim that the interchange first mysteriously appeared out of thin air in late 2005. The documented fact is that the interchange has been planned for and relied on as a critical long-range part of the South Lee County road network for at least two decades. If you doubt that, look at an aerial photograph of the Brooks; Lee County required the developers of The Brooks to set aside the necessary right of way in the early 1990s to accommodate a future full interchange at the east end of Coconut Road.

Rosenthal then suggests that the interchange is the product of a “scheme’ between the city ofB onita Springs and a landowner east of 1-75 to give a windfall to that landowner at the expense of the rest of us. The simple but largely untold truth is the only sin that landowner committed is that he supported the election opponent of a certain county commissioner in 2004. That same commissioner now actively opposes the interchange and focuses his attacks on that same landowner.

The commissioner, who is a planner by education and pro-public service work experience, voted numerous times in favor of The Brooks development in the early 1990s, which plans prominently included the interchange land set aside that you can see so clearly from above. I can recall no objection or opposition from that commissioner in the early ‘90s, only praise that The Brooks developer not only

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set aside substantial road rights of way for future roads (including the interchange) but actually built several miles of the roads Estero now enjoys. Was this county commissioner mistaken, confused, or simply tricked in the early 90s; is his culTent opposition (albeit absent a confession that he was mistaken in the early ‘90s) really a courageous act of political integrity and public spirit; or is his current opposition really just a cynical political payback at the expense of all of us who continue to sit in traffic?

Rosenthal next boldly predicts that all South Lee County needs for the next two or three decades is two more lanes each on Corkscrew, Terry Street and Bonita Beach Road to interconnect 951., 1-75, Three Oaks/Imperial Street, Sandy Lane/Old 41, and U.S. 41. Common sense and all of the traffic experts suggest otherwise.

I call on the leaders of Estero (many of which I have worked with as recently as last summer to successfully push Lee County and the city of Bonita Springs to stop the continued delays in commencing construction of Three Oaks/Imperial Street between Estero and Bonita Springs) and on my friend, Arnie. to stop demonizing those of us who live, work and do community work in Bonita Springs; stop using inflammatory language and suggesting an absence of integrity about us Bonitans; and instead, lead your community in a positive and constructive way to plan an adequate road network so that the traffic congestion with which we now live both in Estero and Bonita Springs can someday be a distant bad memory.

And Arnie, you are still my good friend despite our disagreement about the interchange. But you cannot call someone a ‘Tbully11 at the front end of a seirtence and end that same sentence with a plea to be neighborly and work together.

John D. Spear / Bonita Springs

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