Sec. 1106. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS

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## SEC. 1106 FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS ###

(a)Administration of National Highway System and Interstate Maintenance Program The Secretary shall administer the National Highway System program and the Interstate Maintenance program as a combined program for purposes of allowing States maximum flexibility. References in this Act and title 23, United States Code, shall not be affected by such consolidation. * * * * * * * ### (b)1 Unobligated Balances of Interstate Substitute Funds Unobligated balances of funds apportioned to a State under section 103(e)(4)(H) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), shall be available for obligation by the State under the law (including regulations, policies, and procedures) relating to the obligation and expenditure of the funds in effect on that date. 1So in law. Two subsections

(b)were enacted. * * * * * * * ###

(d)Intermodal Freight Connectors Study ####

(1)Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— #####

(A)review the condition of and improvements made, since the designation of the National Highway System, to connectors on the National Highway System that serve seaports, airports, and other intermodal freight transportation facilities; and #####

(B)report to Congress on the results of such review. ####

(2)Review In preparing the report, the Secretary shall review the connectors and identify projects carried out on those connectors that were intended to provide and improve service to an intermodal facility referred to in paragraph

(1)and to facilitate the efficient movement of freight, including movements of freight between modes. ####

(3)Identification of impediments If the Secretary determines on the basis of the review that there are impediments to improving the connectors serving intermodal facilities referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify such impediments and make any appropriate recommendations as part of the Secretary's report to Congress under this subsection.