Sec. 1212. National highway freight program
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Section 167 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph
(6)by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; and by striking paragraph
(7)and inserting the following: to reduce the environmental impacts of freight movement on the National Highway Freight Network, including— greenhouse gas emissions; local air pollution, including local pollution derived from vehicles idling at railway crossings; minimizing, capturing, or treating stormwater runoff and addressing other adverse impacts to water quality; and wildlife habitat loss; and to decrease any adverse impact of freight transportation on communities located near freight facilities or freight corridors. ; in subsection
(e)by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a State that has designated at least 90 percent of its maximum mileage described in paragraph
(2)may designate up to an additional 150 miles of critical rural freight corridors. ; in subsection
(f)by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding paragraph (4), a State that has designated at least 90 percent of its maximum mileage described in paragraph
(4)may designate up to an additional 75 miles of critical urban freight corridors under paragraphs
(1)and (2). ; in subsection
(h)by striking Not later than and all that follows through shall prepare and inserting As part of the report required under section 503(b)(8), the Administrator shall biennially prepare ; in subsection (i)— by striking paragraphs
(2)and (3); by amending paragraph
(4)to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State may not obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) unless the State has developed, updated, or amended, as applicable, a freight plan in accordance with section 70202 of title 49. ; in paragraph (5)— by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: The Federal share of a project described in subparagraph (C)(xxiii) shall fund only elements of such project that provide public benefits. ; and in subparagraph (C)— in clause
(iii)by inserting and freight management and operations systems after freight transportation systems ; and by amending clause (xxiii) to read as follows: Freight intermodal or freight rail projects, including— projects within the boundaries of public or private freight rail or water facilities (including ports); projects that provide surface transportation infrastructure necessary to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access into or out of the facility; and any other surface transportation project to improve the flow of freight into or out of a facility described in subclause
(I)or (II). ; in paragraph
(6)by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting paragraph
(3); and by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and
(7)as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and in subsection (k)(1)(A)(ii) by striking ports-of entry and inserting ports-of-entry .