Sec. 1104. Improving State freight plans
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Section 70202 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (9), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(10)as paragraph (16); and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: the most recent commercial motor vehicle parking facilities assessment conducted by the State under subsection (f); the most recent supply chain cargo flows in the State, expressed by mode of transportation; an inventory of commercial ports in the State; if applicable, consideration of the findings or recommendations made by any multi-State freight compact to which the State is a party under section 70204; the impacts of e-commerce on freight infrastructure in the State; considerations of military freight; and ; and by adding at the end the following: As part of the development or updating, as applicable, of a State freight plan under this section, each State that receives funding under section 167 of title 23, in consultation with relevant State motor carrier safety personnel, shall conduct an assessment of— the capability of the State, together with the private sector in the State, to provide adequate parking facilities and rest facilities for commercial motor vehicles engaged in interstate transportation; the volume of commercial motor vehicle traffic in the State; and whether there exist any areas within the State with a shortage of adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities, including an analysis (economic or otherwise, as the State determines to be appropriate) of the underlying causes of such a shortage. . Section 70202 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (d), by striking 5-year and inserting 8-year ; and in subsection (e)(1), by striking 5 years and inserting 4 years .