STARTER Act 2.0

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3341 To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 19, 2021 Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. BOST, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. GUEST, Mr. NEHLS, Ms. MACE, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. GIMENEZ, and Mrs. HARTZLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com- mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3341 IH Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0’’ or the 1 ‘‘STARTER Act 2.0’’. 2 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 3 this Act is as follows: 4 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS Sec. 1001. Extension of Federal surface transportation programs. Sec. 1002. Extension of highway trust fund expenditure authority. Sec. 1003. Extension of highway-related taxes. Sec. 1004. Additional contract authority. Sec. 1005. Tax-exempt financing for qualified highway or surface freight trans- fer facilities. Sec. 1006. Effective date. DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TITLE I—FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS Subtitle A—Authorizations and Programs Sec. 1101. Nationally significant freight and highway projects. Sec. 1102. Better utilizing investments to leverage development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants. Sec. 1103. National highway freight program. Sec. 1104. Truck parking safety improvement. Sec. 1105. Temporary Federal share for Federal-aid highway projects. Sec. 1106. Consolidated funding program. Sec. 1107. Bridge rebuilding programs. Sec. 1108. Increased flexibility for bridge bundling projects. Sec. 1109. Off-system bridge set-aside. Sec. 1110. Establishment of ROUTES and NETT entities. Subtitle B—Acceleration of Project Delivery Sec. 1201. Environmental reviews for major projects. Sec. 1202. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking. Sec. 1203. Application of categorical exclusions for transportation projects. Sec. 1204. Air quality and conformity. Sec. 1205. Agreements relating to use of and access to rights-of-way Interstate System. Sec. 1206. Permits for dredged or fill material. Sec. 1207. Pilot program on use of innovative practices for environmental re- views. Sec. 1208. Major projects threshold. Sec. 1209. Adding previously approved projects to the transportation improve- ment program. TITLE II—INNOVATIVE PROJECT FINANCE VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3341 IH Sec. 2001. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 temporary loan relief due to the COVID–19 pandemic. TITLE III—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Sec. 3001. Short title. Sec. 3002. Urbanized area formula grants. Sec. 3003. Fixed guideway capital investment grants. Sec. 3004. Enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities. Sec. 3005. Formula grants for rural areas. Sec. 3006. Non-emergency medical transportation. Sec. 3007. Technical assistance and workforce development. Sec. 3008. General provisions. Sec. 3009. Apportionments. Sec. 3010. Grants for bus and bus facilities. Sec. 3011. Elimination of apportionments based on high density State factors. Sec. 3012. Innovative mobility and technology deployment grants. Sec. 3013. Expedited project delivery for capital investment grants. TITLE IV—HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY Sec. 4001. Funding and grant requirements. Sec. 4002. Highway safety research and development. Sec. 4003. National priority safety programs. Sec. 4004. National priority safety program grant eligibility. TITLE V—MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY Sec. 5001. Funding and grant requirements. Sec. 5002. Compliance, safety, and accountability reform. Sec. 5003. Entry-level driver training regulations. Sec. 5004. Trucking industry workforce development. Sec. 5005. Hours of service requirements for agricultural operations. TITLE VI—INNOVATION Sec. 6001. Advanced transportation technologies program. Sec. 6002. Connected vehicle deployment pilot program. Sec. 6003. Automated driving system demonstration program. Sec. 6004. Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital con- struction management systems. Sec. 6005. Innovative project delivery methods. Sec. 6006. Surface transportation system funding alternatives. Sec. 6007. Surface transportation system road usage charge national pilot pro- gram. Sec. 6008. Implementation of per-mile road usage charge for Federal vehicles. TITLE VII—RESILIENCY Sec. 7001. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program. Sec. 7002. National highway performance program. Sec. 7003. Resilience in federal-aid highway programs. Sec. 7004. Resiliency in transit. Sec. 7005. Highway emergency relief and resiliency. Sec. 7006. Highway resiliency incentives. Sec. 7007. Guidance on inundated and submerged roads. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3341 IH Sec. 7008. Guidance on evacuation routes. Sec. 7009. Definitions. Sec. 7010. University transportation centers. Sec. 7011. Pre-disaster hazard mitigation pilot program. TITLE VIII—FREIGHT RAIL MANUFACTURING Sec. 8001. Short title. Sec. 8002. Requirements for railroad freight cars entering service in the United States. Sec. 8003. Regulations; penalties. Sec. 8004. Country specified. Sec. 8005. Definitions. DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF 1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 2 PROGRAMS 3 SEC. 1001. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPOR- 4 TATION PROGRAMS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 6 this Act, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligi- 7 bilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized under 8 the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on or cease 9 to apply after September 30, 2021, are incorporated by 10 reference and shall continue in effect through September 11 30, 2026. 12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 13 (1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 14 (A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—There is author- 15 ized to be appropriated from the Highway Ac- 16 count for each of fiscal years 2022 through 17 2026, for each program with respect to which 18 amounts are authorized to be appropriated from 19 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3341 IH such account for fiscal year 2021, an amount 1 equal to 132 percent of the amount authorized 2 for appropriation with respect to the program 3 from such account under the covered laws for 4 fiscal year 2021. 5 (B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—There is 6 authorized to be appropriated from the Mass 7 Transit Account for each of fiscal years 2022 8 through 2026, for each program with respect to 9 which amounts are authorized to be appro- 10 priated from such account for fiscal year 2021, 11 an amount equal to the amount authorized for 12 appropriation with respect to the program from 13 such account under the covered laws for fiscal 14 year 2021. 15 (2) GENERAL FUND.—There is authorized to be 16 appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 17 2026, for each program with respect to which 18 amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 19 year 2021 from an account other than the Highway 20 Account or the Mass Transit Account under the ti- 21 tles specified in subsection (e)(1)(A), an amount 22 equal to the amount authorized for appropriation 23 with respect to the program under such titles for fis- 24 cal year 2021. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3341 IH (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Subject to section 1004(b), 1 amounts authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal 2 years 2022 through 2026 with respect to a program under 3 subsection (b) shall be distributed, administered, limited, 4 and made available for obligation in the same manner as 5 amounts authorized to be appropriated with respect to the 6 program for fiscal year 2021 under the covered laws. 7 (d) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—Subject to section 8 1004(d), a program for which amounts are authorized to 9 be appropriated under subsection (b)(1) shall be subject 10 to a limitation on obligations for each of fiscal years 2022 11 through 2026 in the same amount and in the same man- 12 ner as the limitation applicable with respect to the pro- 13 gram for fiscal year 2021. 14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi- 15 nitions apply: 16 (1) COVERED LAWS.—The term ‘‘covered laws’’ 17 means the following: 18 (A) Titles I, III, IV, V, and VI of division 19 A of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). 20 (B) Division A, division B, subtitle A of 21 title I and title II of division C, and division E 22 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3341 IH (C) Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA– 1 LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public 2 Law 110–244). 3 (D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of 4 SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59). 5 (E) Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the 6 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 7 (Public Law 105–178). 8 (F) Titles II, III, and IV of the National 9 Highway System Designation Act of 1995 10 (Public Law 104–59). 11 (G) Title I, part A of title II, title III, title 12 IV, title V, and title VI of the Intermodal Sur- 13 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 14 (Public Law 102–240). 15 (H) Title 23, United States Code. 16 (I) Subtitle IV of Title 40, United States 17 Code. 18 (J) Sections 116, 117, 330, and 5505 and 19 chapters 53, 303, 311, 313, 701, and 702 of 20 title 49, United States Code. 21 (2) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Highway 22 Account’’ means the portion of the Highway Trust 23 Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3341 IH (3) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Mass 1 Transit Account’’ means the portion of the Highway 2 Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of 3 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 4 (f) DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.— 5 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol- 6 lowing definitions apply: 7 (A) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.— 8 (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘small 9 business concern’’ means a small business 10 concern (as the term is used in section 3 11 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 12 632)). 13 (ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘small 14 business concern’’ does not include any 15 concern or group of concerns controlled by 16 the same socially and economically dis- 17 advantaged individual or individuals that 18 have average annual gross receipts during 19 the preceding 5 fiscal years in excess of 20 $26,290,000, as adjusted annually by the 21 Secretary for inflation. 22 (B) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIS- 23 ADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘‘so- 24 cially and economically disadvantaged individ- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3341 IH uals’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 2 637(d)) and relevant subcontracting regulations 3 issued pursuant to such Act, except that women 4 shall be presumed to be socially and economi- 5 cally disadvantaged individuals for purposes of 6 this subsection. 7 (2) AMOUNTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CON- 8 CERNS.—Except to the extent that the Secretary de- 9 termines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the 10 amounts made available for any program under ti- 11 tles I, II, and III of this Act and section 403 of title 12 23, United States Code, shall be expended through 13 small business concerns owned and controlled by so- 14 cially and economically disadvantaged individuals. 15 (3) ANNUAL LISTING OF DISADVANTAGED BUSI- 16 NESS ENTERPRISES.—Each State shall annually— 17 (A) survey and compile a list of the small 18 business concerns referred to in paragraph (2) 19 in the State, including the location of the small 20 business concerns in the State, and publish 21 such list on a public website; and 22 (B) notify the Secretary, in writing, of the 23 percentage of the small business concerns that 24 are controlled by— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3341.IH H3341 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 3341 IH (i) women; 1 (ii) socially and economically dis- 2 advantaged individuals (other than 3 women); and 4 (iii) individuals who are women and 5 are otherwise socially and economically dis- 6 advantaged individuals. 7 (4) UNIFORM CERTIFICATION.— 8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es- 9 tablish minimum uniform criteria for use by 10 State governments in certifying whether a con- 11 cern qualifies as a small business concern for 12 the purpose of this subsection. 13 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The minimum uniform 14 criteria established under subparagraph (A) 15 shall include, with respect to a potential small 16 business concern— 17 (i) on-site visits; 18 (ii) personal interviews with personnel; 19 (iii) issuance or inspection of licenses; 20 (iv) analyses of stock ownership; 21 (v) listings of equipment; 22 (vi) analyses of bonding capacity; 23 (vii) listings 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