23 U.S.C. 202, Chapter 2 Other Highways

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23 U.S.C. 202, Chapter 2 Other Highways

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
                        CHAPTER 2--OTHER HIGHWAYS

 
Sec. 202. Allocations

    (a) Allocation Based on Need.--
        (1) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary 
    shall allocate sums authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
    year for forest development roads and trails according to the 
    relative needs of the various national forests and grasslands.
        (2) Planning.--The allocation under paragraph (1) shall be 
    consistent with the renewable resource and land use planning for the 
    various national forests.

    (b) Allocation for Public Lands Highways.--
        (1) Public lands highways.--
            (A) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall allocate 34 percent of the sums authorized to be 
        appropriated for that fiscal year for public lands highways 
        among those States having unappropriated or unreserved public 
        lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations, 
        on the basis of need in the States, respectively, as determined 
        by the Secretary, on application of the State transportation 
        departments of the respective States.
            (B) Preference.--In making the allocation under subparagraph 
        (A), the Secretary shall give preference to those projects that 
        are significantly impacted by Federal land and resource 
        management activities that are proposed by a State that contains 
        at least 3 percent of the total public land in the United 
        States.

        (2) Forest highways.--
            (A) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall allocate 66 percent of the funds authorized to 
        be appropriated for public lands highways for forest highways in 
        accordance with section 134 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
        1987 (23 U.S.C. 202 note; 101 Stat. 173).
            (B) Public access to and within national forest system.--In 
        making the allocation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
        shall give equal consideration to projects that provide access 
        to and within the National Forest System, as identified by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture through--
                (i) renewable resource and land use planning; and
                (ii) assessments of the impact of that planning on 
            transportation facilities.

    (c) On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate 
the sums authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for park 
roads and parkways each according to the relative needs of the various 
elements of the national park system, taking into consideration the need 
for access as identified through land use planning and the impact of 
such planning on existing transportation facilities.
    (d) Indian Reservation Roads.--
        (1) For fiscal years ending before october 1, 1999.--On October 
    1 of each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1999, the Secretary 
    shall allocate the sums authorized to be appropriated for such 
    fiscal year for Indian reservation roads according to the relative 
    needs of the various reservations as jointly identified by the 
    Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior.
        (2) Fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.--
            (A) In general.--All funds authorized to be appropriated for 
        Indian reservation roads shall be allocated among Indian tribes 
        for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year in 
        accordance with a formula established by the Secretary of the 
        Interior under a negotiated rulemaking procedure under 
        subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5.
            (B) Regulations.--Notwithstanding sections 563(a) and 565(a) 
        of title 5, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue 
        regulations governing the Indian reservation roads program, and 
        establishing the funding formula for fiscal year 2000 and each 
        subsequent fiscal year under this paragraph, in accordance with 
        a negotiated rulemaking procedure under subchapter III of 
        chapter 5 of title 5. The regulations shall be issued in final 
        form not later than April 1, 1999, and shall take effect not 
        later than October 1, 1999.
            (C) Negotiated rulemaking committee.--In establishing a 
        negotiated rulemaking committee to carry out subparagraph (B), 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                (i) apply the procedures under subchapter III of chapter 
            5 of title 5 in a manner that reflects the unique 
            government-to-government relationship between the Indian 
            tribes and the United States; and
                (ii) ensure that the membership of the committee 
            includes only representatives of the Federal Government and 
            of geographically diverse small, medium, and large Indian 
            tribes.

            (D) Basis for funding formula.--The funding formula 
        established for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year 
        under this paragraph shall be based on factors that reflect--
                (i) the relative needs of the Indian tribes, and 
            reservation or tribal communities, for transportation 
            assistance; and
                (ii) the relative administrative capacities of, and 
            challenges faced by, various Indian tribes, including the 
            cost of road construction in each Bureau of Indian Affairs 
            area, geographic isolation and difficulty in maintaining 
            all-weather access to employment, commerce, health, safety, 
            and educational resources.

            (E) Transferred funds.--
                (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
            on which funds are made available to the Secretary of the 
            Interior under this paragraph, the funds shall be 
            distributed to, and available for immediate use by, the 
            eligible Indian tribes, in accordance with the formula for 
            distribution of funds under the Indian reservation roads 
            program.
                (ii) Use of funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
            of this section, funds available to Indian tribes for Indian 
            reservation roads shall be expended on projects identified 
            in a transportation improvement program approved by the 
            Secretary.

            (F) Administrative expenses.--
                (i) In general.--Of the funds authorized to be 
            appropriated for Indian reservation roads, $20,000,000 for 
            fiscal year 2006, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
            $24,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $27,000,000 for fiscal 
            year 2009 may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for 
            program management and oversight and project-related 
            administrative expenses.
                (ii) Health and safety assurances.--Notwithstanding any 
            other provision of law, an Indian tribal government may 
            approve plans, specifications, and estimates and commence 
            road and bridge construction with funds made available for 
            Indian reservation roads under the Transportation Equity Act 
            for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) and SAFETEA-LU 
            through a contract or agreement under the Indian Self-
            Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b 
            et seq.) \1\ if the Indian tribal government--
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                    (I) provides assurances in the contract or agreement 
                that the construction will meet or exceed applicable 
                health and safety standards;
                    (II) obtains the advance review of the plans and 
                specifications from a State-licensed civil engineer that 
                has certified that the plans and specifications meet or 
                exceed the applicable health and safety standards; and
                    (III) provides a copy of the certification under 
                subclause (I) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
                Tribal Government Affairs or the Assistant Secretary for 
                Indian Affairs, as appropriate.

            (G) National tribal transportation facility inventory.--
                (i) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
            of enactment of the SAFETEA-LU, the Secretary, in 
            cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall 
            complete a comprehensive national inventory of 
            transportation facilities that are eligible for assistance 
            under the Indian reservation roads program.
                (ii) Transportation facilities included in the 
            inventory.--For purposes of identifying the tribal 
            transportation system and determining the relative 
            transportation needs among Indian tribes, the Secretary 
            shall include, at a minimum, transportation facilities that 
            are eligible for assistance under the Indian reservation 
            roads program that a tribe has requested, including 
            facilities that--
                    (I) were included in the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
                system inventory for funding formula purposes in 1992 or 
                any subsequent fiscal year;
                    (II) were constructed or reconstructed with funds 
                from the Highway Trust Funds (other than the Mass 
                Transit Account) under the Indian reservation roads 
                program since 1983;
                    (III) are owned by an Indian tribal government; or
                    (IV) are community streets or bridges within the 
                exterior boundary of Indian reservations, Alaska Native 
                villages, and other recognized Indian communities 
                (including communities in former Indian reservations in 
                Oklahoma) in which the majority of residents are 
                American Indians or Alaska Natives; or
                    (V) are primary access routes proposed by tribal 
                governments, including roads between villages, roads to 
                landfills, roads to drinking water sources, roads to 
                natural resources identified for economic development, 
                and roads that provide access to intermodal termini, 
                such as airports, harbors, or boat landings.

                (iii) Limitation on primary access routes.--For purposes 
            of this subparagraph, a proposed primary access route is the 
            shortest practicable route connecting 2 points of the 
            proposed route.
                (iv) Additional facilities.--Nothing in this 
            subparagraph shall preclude the Secretary from including 
            additional transportation facilities that are eligible for 
            funding under the Indian reservation roads program in the 
            inventory used for the national funding allocation if such 
            additional facilities are included in the inventory in a 
            uniform and consistent manner nationally.
                (v) Report to congress.--Not later than 90 days after 
            the date of completion of the inventory under this 
            subparagraph, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a 
            report to Congress that includes the data gathered and the 
            results of the inventory.

        (3) Contracts and agreements with indian tribes.--
            (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
        or any interagency agreement, program guideline, manual, or 
        policy directive, all funds made available under this chapter 
        and section 125(e) for Indian reservation roads and for highway 
        bridges located on Indian reservation roads to pay for the costs 
        of programs, services, functions, and activities, or portions 
        thereof, that are specifically or functionally related to the 
        cost of planning, research, engineering, and construction of any 
        highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit facility that 
        provides access to or is located within the reservation or 
        community of an Indian tribe shall be made available, upon 
        request of the Indian tribal government, to the Indian tribal 
        government for contracts and agreements for such planning, 
        research, engineering, and construction in accordance with the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
            (B) Exclusion of agency participation.--Funds for programs, 
        functions, services, or activities, or portions thereof, 
        including supportive administrative functions that are otherwise 
        contractible to which subparagraph (A) applies, shall be paid in 
        accordance with subparagraph (A) without regard to the 
        organizational level at which the Department of the Interior 
        that has previously carried out such programs, functions, 
        services, or activities.

        (4) Reservation of funds.--
            (A) Nationwide priority program.--The Secretary shall 
        establish a nationwide priority program for improving deficient 
        Indian reservation road bridges.
            (B) Funding.--
                (i) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to any 
            other funds made available for Indian reservation roads for 
            each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated 
            from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
            Account) $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
            2009 to carry out planning, design, engineering, 
            preconstruction, construction, and inspection of projects to 
            replace, rehabilitate, seismically retrofit, paint, apply 
            calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other 
            environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing 
            and de-icing compositions or install scour countermeasures 
            for deficient Indian reservation road bridges, including 
            multiple-pipe culverts.
                (ii) Availability.--Funds made available to carry out 
            this subparagraph shall be available for obligation in the 
            same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 
            1.

            (C) Eligible bridges.--To be eligible to receive funding 
        under this subsection, a bridge described in subparagraph (A) 
        must--
                (i) have an opening of 20 feet or more;
                (ii) be on an Indian reservation road;
                (iii) be structurally deficient or functionally 
            obsolete; and
                (iv) be recorded in the national bridge inventory 
            administered by the Secretary under subsection (b).

            (D) Approval requirement.--
                (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on request by 
            an Indian tribe or the Secretary of the Interior, the 
            Secretary may make funds available under this subsection for 
            preliminary engineering for Indian reservation road bridge 
            projects.
                (ii) Construction and construction engineering.--The 
            Secretary may make funds available under clause (i) for 
            construction and construction engineering after approval of 
            applicable plans, specifications, and estimates in 
            accordance with this title.

        (5) Contracts and agreements with indian tribes.--
            (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
        or any interagency agreement, program guideline, manual, or 
        policy directive, all funds made available to an Indian tribal 
        government under this chapter for a highway, road, bridge, 
        parkway, or transit facility program or project that is located 
        on an Indian reservation or provides access to the reservation 
        or a community of the Indian tribe shall be made available, on 
        the request of the Indian tribal government, to the Indian 
        tribal government for use in carrying out, in accordance with 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
        U.S.C. 450 et seq.), contracts and agreements for the planning, 
        research, design, engineering, construction, and maintenance 
        relating to the program or project.
            (B) Exclusion of agency participation.--In accordance with 
        subparagraph (A), all funds for a program or project to which 
        subparagraph (A) applies shall be paid to the Indian tribal 
        government without regard to the organizational level at which 
        the Department of the Interior has previously carried out, or 
        the Department of Transportation has previously carried out 
        under the Federal lands highway programs, the programs, 
        functions, services, or activities involved.
            (C) Consortia.--Two or more Indian tribes that are otherwise 
        eligible to participate in a program or project to which this 
        chapter applies may form a consortium to be considered as a 
        single Indian tribe for the purpose of participating in the 
        project under this section.
            (D) Secretary as signatory.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to enter into a 
        funding agreement with an Indian tribal government to carry out 
        a highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit program or project 
        under subparagraph (A) that is located on an Indian reservation 
        or provides access to the reservation or a community of the 
        Indian tribe.
            (E) Funding.--The amount an Indian tribal government 
        receives for a program or project under subparagraph (A) shall 
        equal the sum of the funding that the Indian tribal government 
        would otherwise receive for the program or project in accordance 
        with the funding formula established under this subsection and 
        such additional amounts as the Secretary determines equal the 
        amounts that would have been withheld for the costs of the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs for administration of the program or 
        project.
            (F) Eligibility.--
                (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), funds may be 
            made available under subparagraph (A) to an Indian tribal 
            government for a program or project in a fiscal year only if 
            the Indian tribal government requesting such funds 
            demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary financial 
            stability and financial management capability during the 3 
            fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which 
            the request is being made.
                (ii) Criteria for determining financial stability and 
            financial management capability.--An Indian tribal 
            government that had no uncorrected significant and material 
            audit exceptions in the required annual audit of the Indian 
            tribal government self-determination contracts or self-
            governance funding agreements with any Federal agency during 
            the 3-fiscal year period referred in clause (i) shall be 
            conclusive evidence of the financial stability and financial 
            management capability for purposes of clause (i).

            (G) Assumption of functions and duties.--An Indian tribal 
        government receiving funding under subparagraph (A) for a 
        program or project shall assume all functions and duties that 
        the Secretary of the Interior would have performed with respect 
        to a program or project under this chapter, other than those 
        functions and duties that inherently cannot be legally 
        transferred under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
        Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.).\1\
            (H) Powers.--An Indian tribal government receiving funding 
        under subparagraph (A) for a program or project shall have all 
        powers that the Secretary of the Interior would have exercised 
        in administering the funds transferred to the Indian tribal 
        government for such program or project under this section if the 
        funds had not been transferred, except to the extent that such 
        powers are powers that inherently cannot be legally transferred 
        under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.).\1\
            (I) Dispute resolution.--In the event of a disagreement 
        between the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior and an 
        Indian tribe over whether a particular function, duty, or power 
        may be lawfully transferred under the Indian Self-Determination 
        and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.),\1\ the 
        Indian tribe shall have the right to pursue all alternative 
        dispute resolutions and appeal procedures authorized by such 
        Act, including regulations issued to carry out such Act.
            (J) Termination of contract or agreement.--On the date of 
        the termination of a contract or agreement under this section by 
        an Indian tribal government, the Secretary shall transfer all 
        funds that would have been allocated to the Indian tribal 
        government under the contract or agreement to the Secretary of 
        the Interior to provide continued transportation services in 
        accordance with applicable law.

    (e) Refuge Roads.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allocate the sums made available for that fiscal year for refuge 
roads according to the relative needs of the various refuges in the 
National Wildlife Refuge System, and taking into consideration--
        (1) the comprehensive conservation plan for each refuge;
        (2) the need for access as identified through land use planning; 
    and
        (3) the impact of land use planning on existing transportation 
    facilities.

(Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 94-280, title I, 
Sec. 133, May 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 441; Pub. L. 97-424, title I, 
Sec. 126(a), Jan. 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 2113; Pub. L. 102-240, title I, 
Sec. 1032(a), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1974; Pub. L. 105-178, title I, 
Secs. 1115(b), (e)(2), (f)(2), 1212(a)(2)(A)(ii), June 9, 1998, 112 
Stat. 154, 158, 193; Pub. L. 105-206, title IX, Sec. 9002(i), July 22, 
1998, 112 Stat. 836; Pub. L. 109-59, title I, Sec. 1119(c)-(g), Aug. 10, 
2005, 119 Stat. 1182-1185.)

                       References in Text

    Section 134 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, referred to in 
subsec. (b)(2)(A), is section 134 of Pub. L. 100-17, which is set out 
below.
    The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, referred to in 
subsec. (d)(2)(F)(ii), is Pub. L. 105-178, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 107, 
as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 105-178, set out as a Short Title of 1998 
Amendment note under section 101 of this title and Tables.
    The SAFETEA-LU, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(F)(ii), (G)(i), is 
Pub. L. 109-59, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1144, also known as the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 2005 Amendments note set out under section 101 of this title 
and Tables.
    The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred 
to in subsec. (d)(2)(F)(ii), (3)(A), (5)(A), (G)-(I), is Pub. L. 93-638, 
Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as amended, which is classified principally 
to subchapter II (Sec. 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of Title 25, Indians. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 450 of Title 25 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2005--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(c)(1), inserted subsec. 
heading, substituted par. (1) for ``On October 1 of each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall allocate the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for forest development roads and trails according to 
the relative needs of the various national forests.'', inserted par. (2) 
designation and heading, and substituted ``The allocation under 
paragraph (1)'' for ``Such allocation''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(d), added subsec. (b) and 
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``On October 1 of 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate 34 percent of the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for public lands 
highways among those States having unappropriated or unreserved public 
lands, nontaxable Indian lands or other Federal reservations, on the 
basis of need in such States, respectively, as determined by the 
Secretary upon application of the State transportation departments of 
the respective States. The Secretary shall give preference to those 
projects which are significantly impacted by Federal land and resource 
management activities which are proposed by a State which contains at 
least 3 percent of the total public lands in the Nation. The Secretary 
shall allocate 66 percent of the remainder of the authorization for 
public lands highways for each fiscal year as is provided in section 134 
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, and with respect to these 
allocations the Secretary shall give equal consideration to projects 
that provide access to and within the National Forest System, as 
identified by the Secretary of Agriculture through renewable resources 
and land use planning and the impact of such planning on existing 
transportation facilities.''
    Subsec. (d)(2)(E). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(c)(2)(A), added subpar. 
(E).
    Subsec. (d)(2)(F). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(e), added subpar. (F).
    Subsec. (d)(2)(G). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(f), added subpar. (G).
    Subsec. (d)(3)(A). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(c)(2)(B), substituted 
``under this chapter and section 125(e)'' for ``under this title''.
    Subsec. (d)(4)(B). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(g)(1), substituted 
``Funding'' for ``Reservation'' in heading, designated existing 
provisions as cl. (i), inserted heading, substituted ``In addition to 
any other funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each 
fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $14,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out planning, design, 
engineering, preconstruction, construction, and inspection of projects 
to replace,'' for ``Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year, the Secretary, in 
cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall reserve not less 
than $13,000,000 for projects to replace,'', and added cl. (ii).
    Subsec. (d)(4)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(g)(2), added cl. 
(iii) and struck out former cl. (iii) which read as follows: ``be unsafe 
because of structural deficiencies, physical deterioration, or 
functional obsolescence; and''.
    Subsec. (d)(4)(D). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(g)(3), added subpar. 
(D) and struck out heading and text of former subpar. (D). Text read as 
follows: ``Funds to carry out Indian reservation road bridge projects 
under this subsection shall be made available only on approval of plans, 
specifications, and estimates by the Secretary.''
    Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 1119(g)(4), added par. (5).
    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1212(a)(2)(A)(ii), 
substituted ``State transportation departments'' for ``State highway 
departments''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1115(b), inserted subsec. 
heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. 
heading, realigned margins, inserted ``ending before October 1, 1999'' 
after ``each fiscal year'', and added pars. (2) to (4).
    Subsec. (d)(4)(B). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1115(f)(2), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(i), substituted ``, sodium acetate/formate, 
or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and 
de-icing compositions'' for ``to, apply sodium acetate/formate de-icer 
to,''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1115(e)(2), added subsec. (e).
    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 1032(a)(1), (2), 
redesignated subsec. (b) as (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which 
read as follows: ``On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
allocate the sums authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 
forest highways according to the relative needs of the various elements 
of the national forest system as determined by the Secretary, taking 
into consideration the need for access as identified by the Secretary of 
Agriculture through renewable resource and land use planning, and the 
impact of such planning on existing transportation facilities.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 1032(a)(2)-(4), redesignated 
subsec. (c) as (b), inserted ``34 percent of'' after ``allocate'', and 
substituted for period at end ``which are proposed by a State which 
contains at least 3 percent of the total public lands in the Nation. The 
Secretary shall allocate 66 percent of the remainder of the 
authorization for public lands highways for each fiscal year as is 
provided in section 134 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, and with 
respect to these allocations the Secretary shall give equal 
consideration to projects that provide access to and within the National 
Forest System, as identified by the Secretary of Agriculture through 
renewable resources and land use planning and the impact of such 
planning on existing transportation facilities.'' Former subsec. (b) 
redesignated (a).
    Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 1032(a)(2), redesignated 
subsecs. (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively. Former subsec. (c) 
redesignated (b).
    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-424 substituted provisions relating to 
allocation of sums authorized to be appropriated by the Secretary for 
provisions relating to apportionment of sums authorized to be 
appropriated by the Secretary.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-424 substituted provisions requiring 
allocation of sums on October 1 of each fiscal year to be consistent 
with renewable resource and land use planning for provisions requiring 
allocation of sums to take into consideration existing transportation 
facilities, value of resources served, fire danger, and road and trail 
construction difficulties.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-424 inserted provisions requiring allocation 
of sums on October 1 of each fiscal year, and substituted provisions 
requiring preferences to be given to projects impacted by Federal land 
and resource management for provisions requiring preferences to be given 
to projects located on a Federal-aid system.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 97-424 added subsecs. (d) and (e).
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-280 substituted introductory ``On 
October 1 of each fiscal year'' for ``On or before January 1 next 
preceding the commencement of each fiscal year''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment 
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at 
time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178, as in effect on 
day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-
206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206, 
set out as a note under section 101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-240 effective Dec. 18, 1991, and applicable 
to funds authorized to be appropriated or made available after Sept. 30, 
1991, and, with certain exceptions, not applicable to funds appropriated 
or made available on or before Sept. 30, 1991, see section 1100 of Pub. 
L. 102-240, set out as a note under section 104 of this title.


 Additional Authorization of Contract Authority for States With Indian 
                              Reservations

    Pub. L. 105-178, title I, Sec. 1214(d), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 205, 
as amended by Pub. L. 109-59, title I, Sec. 1806, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 
Stat. 1460, provided that:
    ``(1) Availability to states.--Not later than October 1 of each 
fiscal year, funds made available under paragraph (5) for the fiscal 
year shall be made available by the Secretary, in equal amounts, to each 
State that has within the boundaries of the State all or part of an 
Indian reservation having a land area of 10,000,000 acres or more.
    ``(2) Availability to eligible counties.--
        ``(A) In general.--Each fiscal year, each county that is located 
    in a State to which funds are made available under paragraph (1), 
    and that has in the county a public road described in subparagraph 
    (B), shall be eligible to apply to the State for all or a portion of 
    the funds made available to the State under this subsection to be 
    used by the county to maintain such roads.
        ``(B) Roads.--A public road referred to in subparagraph (A) is a 
    public road that--
            ``(i) is within, adjacent to, or provides access to an 
        Indian reservation described in paragraph (1);
            ``(ii) is used by a school bus to transport children to or 
        from a school or Headstart program carried out under the Head 
        Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and
            ``(iii) is maintained by the county in which the public road 
        is located.
        ``(C) Allocation among eligible counties.--
            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), each 
        State that receives funds under paragraph (1) shall provide 
        directly to each county that applies for funds the amount that 
        the county requests in the application.
            ``(ii) Allocation among eligible counties.--If the total 
        amount of funds applied for under this subsection by eligible 
        counties in a State exceeds the amount of funds available to the 
        State, the State shall equitably allocate the funds among the 
        eligible counties that apply for funds.
    ``(3) Supplementary funding.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall ensure that funding made available under this subsection 
supplements (and does not supplant)--
        ``(A) any obligation of funds by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
    for road maintenance programs on Indian reservations; and
        ``(B) any funding provided by a State to a county for road 
    maintenance programs in the county.
    ``(4) Use of unallocated funds.--Any portion of the funds made 
available to a State under this subsection that is not made available to 
counties within 1 year after the funds are made available to the State 
shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with section 104(b) 
of title 23, United States Code.
    ``(5) Funding.--
        ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated from 
    the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to 
    carry out this subsection $1,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
    through 2009.
        ``(B) Contract authority.--Funds authorized by 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.''


                        Indian Reservation Roads

    Section 1032(d) of Pub. L. 102-240 provided that: ``Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds allocated for Indian reservation roads 
may be used for the purpose of funding road projects on roads of 
tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions.''
    Pub. L. 102-240, title I, Sec. 1042, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1993, 
directed Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on funding needs 
for Indian reservation roads and to report to Congress on results of the 
study not later than one year after Dec. 18, 1991, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 105-362, title XV, Sec. 1501(c), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3294.


             Study and Report on Method of Allocating Funds

    Section 1032(e) of Pub. L. 102-240 provided that: ``The Secretary 
shall undertake a study to determine if the method for allocating funds 
authorized for Federal lands highways is adequate to meet the relative 
transportation needs of the Federal lands served. The report shall be 
submitted within 2 years of the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 
18, 1991].''


                             Forest Highways

    Pub. L. 100-17, title I, Sec. 134, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 173, as 
amended by Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(l) [title III, Sec. 348(a)], Dec. 
22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-358, 1329-388, provided that: ``Notwithstanding 
section 202(a) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall, 
after making the transfer provided by section 204(g) of such title, as 
soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 2, 
1987] in fiscal year 1987 and on October 1 of each of fiscal years 1988, 
1989, 1990, and 1991, allocate 66 percent of the remainder of the 
authorization for forest highways provided for such fiscal year by this 
Act [see Short Title of 1987 Amendment note set out under section 101 of 
this title] in the same percentage as the amounts allocated for 
expenditure in each State and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from funds 
authorized for forest highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, 
adjusted (1) to eliminate the 0.003243547 percent for the State of Iowa 
to the State by deed executed May 26, 1964, and (2) to redistribute the 
percentage formerly apportioned to the State of Iowa to other 
participating States on a proportional basis. The remaining funds 
authorized to be appropriated for forest highways for such fiscal year 
shall be allocated pursuant to section 202(a) of such title.''

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