Fixing Our Country Roads Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2211 To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 23, 2019 Mr. MANCHIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system. 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 ‘‘Fixing Our Country 4 Roads Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT 6 HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 7 Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, is 8 amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:28 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2211.IS S2211 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2211 IS (1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by 1 striking ‘‘three thousand and ninety miles’’ and in- 2 serting ‘‘the total number of miles established by the 3 Secretary under subsection (h)’’; and 4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(h) EXPANSION OF THE APPALACHIAN DEVELOP- 6 MENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—As soon as practicable after 7 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 8 shall establish the total number of miles that is authorized 9 to be constructed for the Appalachian development high- 10 way system under subsection (a) based on— 11 ‘‘(1) a report prepared by the Secretary before 12 the date of enactment of this subsection in which the 13 Secretary describes the total number of miles that 14 should be authorized to be constructed for the Appa- 15 lachian development highway system under sub- 16 section (a); or 17 ‘‘(2) if the Secretary determines that there is 18 not an existing report that addresses the matters de- 19 scribed in paragraph (1), a report prepared by the 20 Secretary, in consultation with the Appalachian Re- 21 gional Commission and applicable State departments 22 of transportation, as soon as practicable after the 23 date of enactment of this subsection, that describes 24 the total number of miles that should be authorized 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:28 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2211.IS S2211 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2211 IS to be constructed for the Appalachian development 1 highway system under subsection (a).’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:28 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2211.IS S2211 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS