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115 STAT. 870 PUBLIC LAW 107-87 —DEC. 18, 2001 Deadline. Reports. Tennessee. (d) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.— The study under subsection (b) shall be completed not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) REPORT.— Upon completion of the study under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study. State listing. SEC. 353. In selecting projects to carry out using funds apportioned under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, the States of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi shall give priority consideration to the following projects: (1) Improving Johnson Ferry Road from the Chattahoochee River to Abernathy Road, including the bridge over the Chattahoochee River, Cieorgia. (2) Widening Abernathy Road from 2 to 4 lanes from Johnson Ferry Road to Roswell Road, Georgia. (3) Constructing approaches to the Patton Island Bridge, Alabama. (4) Planning, design, engineering, and construction of an interchemge on 1-55, at approximately mile marker 114, and connector roads in Madison County, Mississippi. SEC. 354. Section 355(a) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 624) is amended by striking "has achieved" and all that follows and inserting the following: "has achieved a safety belt use rate of not less thsin 50 percent.". SEC. 355. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the costs and benefits of constructing a third bridge across the Mississippi River in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area. SEC. 356. (a) Congress makes the following findings: (1) Section 345 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 authorizes limited relief to drivers of certain types of commercial motor vehicles from certain restrictions on maximum driving time and on-duty time. (2) Subsection (c) of that section requires the Secretary of Transportation to determine by rulemaking proceedings that the exemptions gremted are not in the public interest and adversely affect the safety of commercial motor vehicles. (3) Subsection (d) of that section requires the Secretary of Transportation to monitor the safety performance of drivers of commercial motor vehicles who are subject to an exemption under section 345 and report to Congress prior to the rulemaking proceedings. (b) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should not take any action that would diminish or revoke any exemption in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act for drivers of vehicles under section 345 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-59; 109 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 31136 note) unless the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of such section are satisfied. Government SEC. 357. Point Retreat Light Station shall be transferred to organization. the Alaska Lighthouse Association consistent with the terms and conditions of section 416(b)(2) of Public Law 105-383. SEC. 358. PRIORITY HIGHWAY PROJECTS, MINNESOTA. In selecting projects to carry out using funds apportioned under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, the State of Minnesota shall give priority consideration to the following projects: