117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the National Park Service to provide funding for high-commuter corridors, and for other purposes.
May 7, 2021
Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Ruppersberger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the National Park Service to provide funding for high-commuter corridors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Commuter Parkway Safety and Reliability Act”.
SEC. 2. High-commuter corridors.
Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(6) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Park Service shall carry out a program under the Federal lands transportation program to provide funding for high-commuter corridors.
“(B) FUNDING FOR HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS.—
“(i) REQUEST.—If the Director determines that a high-commuter corridor requires additional investment, based on the criteria described in clause (iv), the Director, with respect to such corridor, shall provide to the State—
“(I) information on condition of pavements and bridges;
“(II) an estimate of the amounts needed to bring such corridor into a state of good repair, taking into consideration any planned future investments; and
“(III) at the discretion of the Director, a request to the National Park Service, under the authority of section 132, or to the Federal Highway Administration, under the authority of section 104, to provide funding to address the condition of the corridor.
“(ii) STATE RESPONSE.—Not later than 45 days after the date of receipt of the request described in clause (i)(III), the State shall—
“(I) approve the request;
“(II) deny the request and explain the reasons for such denial; or
“(III) request any additional information necessary to take action on the request.
“(iii) NOTIFICATION TO THE SECRETARY.—The Director shall provide to the Secretary of Transportation a copy of any request or response described under clauses (i)(III) and (ii).
“(iv) CRITERIA.—In making a determination under clause (i), the Director, with respect to the corridor, shall consider—
“(I) the condition of roads, bridges, and tunnels; and
“(II) the average annual daily traffic.
“(C) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDOR DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘high-commuter corridor’ means a Federal lands transportation facility administered by the National Park Service that has average annual daily traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles.
“(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available to carry out the Federal lands transportation program, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this paragraph.”.