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49 U.S.C. § 311 — Congressional notification requirements
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b) or as expressly provided in another provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress notice of an announcement concerning a covered project at least 3 full business days before the announcement is made by the Department.
**(b) Emergency Program.—** With respect to an allocation of funds under [section 125 of title 23](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section125&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate notice of the allocation—
(1) at least 3 full business days before the issuance of the allocation; or
(2) concurrently with the issuance of the allocation, if the allocation is made using the quick release process of the Department (or any successor process).
**(c) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Appropriate committees of congress.—** — The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(2) **Covered project.—** — The term “covered project” means a project competitively selected by the Department to receive a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, or line of credit commitment in an amount equal to or greater than $750,000.
(3) **Department.—** — The term “Department” means the Department of Transpor
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b) or as expressly provided in another provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress notice of an announcement concerning a covered project at least 3 full business days before the announcement is made by the Department.
**(b) Emergency Program.—** With respect to an allocation of funds under [section 125 of title 23](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section125&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate notice of the allocation—
(1) at least 3 full business days before the issuance of the allocation; or
(2) concurrently with the issuance of the allocation, if the allocation is made using the quick release process of the Department (or any successor process).
**(c) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Appropriate committees of congress.—** — The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(2) **Covered project.—** — The term “covered project” means a project competitively selected by the Department to receive a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, or line of credit commitment in an amount equal to or greater than $750,000.
(3) **Department.—** — The term “Department” means the Department of Transportation, including the modal administrations of the Department.
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**(a) In General.—** Subject to this section and section 120, an emergency fund is authorized for expenditure by the Secretary for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails, in any area of the United States, including Indian reservations, that the Secretary finds have suffered serious damage as a result of—
(1) a natural disaster over a wide area, such as by a flood, hurricane, tidal wave, earthquake, severe storm, wildfire, or landslide; or
(2) catastrophic failure from any external cause.
**(b) Restriction on Eligibility.—** Funds under this section shall not be used for the repair or reconstruction of a bridge that has been permanently closed to all vehicular traffic by the State or responsible local official because of imminent danger of collapse due to a structural deficiency or physical deterioration.
**(c) Funding.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Subject to the limitations described in paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums as are necessary to establish the fund authorized by this section and to replenish that fund on an annual basis.
(2) **Limitations.—** — The limitations referred to in paragraph (1) are that—
(A) not more than $100,000,000 is authorized to be obligated in any 1 fiscal year commencing after September 30, 1980, to carry out this section, except that, if for any fiscal year the total of all obligations under this section is less than the amount authorized to be obligated for the fiscal year, the unobligated balance of that amount shall—
(i) remain available until expended; and
(ii) be in addition to amounts otherwise available to carry out this section for each year; and
(B)
(i) pending such appropriation or replenish
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the proposed project absent circumstances
that require reconsideration in order to meet
an agency of jurisdiction’s obligations under a
statute or Executive order; and
(3) achieve concurrence or issue resolution
in an expedited manner if circumstances arise
that require a reconsideration of the purpose
and need or range of alternatives considered
during any Federal agency’s environmental or
permitting review in order to meet an agency
of jurisdiction’s obligations under a statute or
Executive order.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of Transportation and Federal agencies
of jurisdiction likely to have substantive re-
view or approval responsibilities on transpor-
tation projects shall jointly develop a check-
list to help project sponsors identify potential
natural, cultural, and historic resources in the
area of a proposed project.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the checklist
shall be to—
(A) identify agencies of jurisdiction and
cooperating agencies;
(B) develop the information needed for the
purpose and need and alternatives for anal-
ysis; and
(C) improve interagency collaboration to
help expedite the permitting process for the
lead agency and agencies of jurisdiction.
(d) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with Federal en-
vironmental statutes, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall facilitate annual interagency
collaboration sessions at the appropriate juris-
dictional level to coordinate business plans
and facilitate coordination of workload plan-
ning and workforce management.
(2) PURPOSE
OF
COLLABORATION
SESSIONS.—
The interagency collaboration sessions shall
ensure that agency staff
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