Sec. 1018. State flexibility for National Highway System modifications
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance relating to working with State departments of transportation that request assistance from the division offices of the Federal Highway Administration— to review roads classified as principal arterials in the State that were added to the National Highway System as of October 1, 2012, so as to comply with section 103 of title 23, United States Code; and to identify any necessary functional classification changes to rural and urban principal arterials.
The Secretary shall direct the division offices of the Federal Highway Administration to work with the applicable State department of transportation that requests assistance under this section— to assist in the review of roads in accordance with guidance issued under subsection (a); to expeditiously review and facilitate requests from States to reclassify roads classified as principal arterials; and in the case of a State that requests the withdrawal of reclassified roads from the National Highway System under section 103(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, to carry out that withdrawal if the inclusion of the reclassified road in the National Highway System is not consistent with the needs and priorities of the community or region in which the reclassified road is located.
The Secretary shall— review the National Highway System modification process described in appendix D of part 470 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and take any action necessary to ensure that a State may submit to the Secretary a request to modify the National Highway System by withdrawing a road from the National Highway System. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes a description of— each request for reclassification of National Highway System roads; the status of each request; and if applicable, the justification for the denial by the Secretary of a request.
Section 103(b)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in the matter preceding clause (i)— by striking , including any modification consisting of a connector to a major intermodal terminal, ; and by inserting , including any modification consisting of a connector to a major intermodal terminal or the withdrawal of a road from that system, after the National Highway System ; and in clause (ii)— by striking
(ii)enhances and inserting (ii)(I) enhances ; by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: in the case of the withdrawal of a road, is reasonable and appropriate. .