Sec. 1204. Nationally significant multimodal freight projects
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Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by inserting before multimodal ; freight in subsection (a)(2)— in subparagraph (C), by striking highway and inserting freight ; and in subparagraph (E), by striking highway and inserting freight ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1)(A)— in clause (iii)(II), by striking or after the semicolon at the end; in clause (iv), by striking and at the end and inserting or ; and by adding at the end the following: a highway, bridge, or freight project carried out on the National Multimodal Freight Network established under section 70103 of title 49; and ; and in paragraph (2), by striking $600,000,000 and inserting 50 percent ; in subsection (e)(1)— by striking 10 percent and inserting not less than 15 percent ; by striking subsection (d)(1)(A) and inserting subsection (d)(1) ; and by striking subsection (d)(1)(B) and inserting subsection (d)(2) ; in subsection (f)(2), by inserting (including a project to replace or rehabilitate a culvert, or to reduce stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species) after environmental mitigation ; in subsection (m), by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: Not later than 60 days before the date on which a grant is provided for a project under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the proposed grant, including— an evaluation and justification for the applicable project; and a description of the amount of the proposed grant award. ; and by adding at the end the following: In addition to amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, to remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated— $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. . Section 116(d)(1)(D) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking freight and highway projects program and inserting multimodal freight and highway projects program .