PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 137 (3) IDENTIFICATION OF IMPEDIMENTS.—I f 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. SEC. H07. INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: " (a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) PROJECTS. —The Secretary may approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing— ?T "(A) routes on the Interstate System designated under section 103(c)(1) and, in Alaska and Puerto Rico, under section 103(c)(4)(A); "(B) routes on the Interstate System designated before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century under subsections (a) and (b) of section 139 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment . of such Act); and "(C) any segments that become part of the Interstate System under section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. "(2) TOLL ROADS. —The Secretary may approve a project pursuant to this subsection on a toll road only if such road is subject to a Secretarial agreement provided for in section 129 or continued in effect by section 1012(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1939) and not voided by the Secretary under section 120(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 159). "(3) FUNDING. —Sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund and shall be apportioned in accordance with section 104(b)(4)."; (2) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (e); and (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and (g) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. (b) SET-ASIDES FOR INTERSTATE DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS. — Section 118(c) of such title is amended to read as follows: "(c) SET-ASIDES FOR INTERSTATE DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Before any apportionment is made under section 104(b)(4), the Secretary shall set aside $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $100,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 for obligation by the Secretary for projects for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing any route or portion thereof on the Interstate System (other than any highway designated as a part of the Interstate System under section 139 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century)) and any toll road on the Interstate System not subject to an agreement under section 119(e) (as in effect on December 17, 1991). "(2) SELECTION CRITERIA. —The amounts set aside under paragraph (1) shall be made available by the Secretary to
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