Commuter Parkway Safety and Reliability Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3016 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 A BILL 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commuter Parkway 4 Safety and Reliability Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS. 6 Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 7 amended by adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(6) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS.— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3016.IH H3016 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3016 IH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 1 National Park Service shall carry out a pro- 2 gram under the Federal lands transportation 3 program to provide funding for high-commuter 4 corridors. 5 ‘‘(B) FUNDING FOR HIGH-COMMUTER COR- 6 RIDORS.— 7 ‘‘(i) REQUEST.—If the Director deter- 8 mines that a high-commuter corridor re- 9 quires additional investment, based on the 10 criteria described in clause (iv), the Direc- 11 tor, with respect to such corridor, shall 12 provide to the State— 13 ‘‘(I) information on condition of 14 pavements and bridges; 15 ‘‘(II) an estimate of the amounts 16 needed to bring such corridor into a 17 state of good repair, taking into con- 18 sideration any planned future invest- 19 ments; and 20 ‘‘(III) at the discretion of the Di- 21 rector, a request to the National Park 22 Service, under the authority of section 23 132, or to the Federal Highway Ad- 24 ministration, under the authority of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3016.IH H3016 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3016 IH section 104, to provide funding to ad- 1 dress the condition of the corridor. 2 ‘‘(ii) STATE RESPONSE.—Not later 3 than 45 days after the date of receipt of 4 the request described in clause (i)(III), the 5 State shall— 6 ‘‘(I) approve the request; 7 ‘‘(II) deny the request and ex- 8 plain the reasons for such denial; or 9 ‘‘(III) request any additional in- 10 formation necessary to take action on 11 the request. 12 ‘‘(iii) NOTIFICATION TO THE SEC- 13 RETARY.—The Director shall provide to 14 the Secretary of Transportation a copy of 15 any request or response described under 16 clauses (i)(III) and (ii). 17 ‘‘(iv) CRITERIA.—In making a deter- 18 mination under clause (i), the Director, 19 with respect to the corridor, shall con- 20 sider— 21 ‘‘(I) the condition of roads, 22 bridges, and tunnels; and 23 ‘‘(II) the average annual daily 24 traffic. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3016.IH H3016 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3016 IH ‘‘(C) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDOR DE- 1 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘high-com- 2 muter corridor’ means a Federal lands trans- 3 portation facility administered by the National 4 Park Service that has average annual daily 5 traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles. 6 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- 7 TIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise made 8 available to carry out the Federal lands trans- 9 portation program, there are authorized to be 10 appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 11 (other than the Mass Transit Account) 12 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 13 through 2026 to carry out this paragraph.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3016.IH H3016 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS