ARC Development Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8170 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8170

     To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide for certain 
   exceptions to the mileage limitation for Appalachian development 
                        highway system projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2024

Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide for certain 
   exceptions to the mileage limitation for Appalachian development 
                        highway system projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Appalachian Regional Continuing 
Development Act of 2024'' or the ``ARC Development Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. MILEAGE LIMITATION EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN APPALACHIAN 
              DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM PROJECTS.

    Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as 
        subsections (f) through (j), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d);
            (3) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``There shall not'' and inserting 
                ``(c) Local Access Road Mileage.--There shall not''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``Construction on the development'' 
                and inserting ``(b) Limitation on Total Mileage.--
                Except as provided in subsection (e), construction on 
                the development'';
            (4) by inserting after subsection (d), as redesignated by 
        this section, the following:
    ``(e) Application for Alternative Route.--
            ``(1) Exemption from mileage limitation.--The Appalachian 
        Regional Commission may approve a waiver of the limitation in 
        subsection (b) for a construction project under this section if 
        the final alignment as determined through the National 
        Environmental Policy Act documentation process of a route 
        approved for assistance under this section exceeds such 
        limitation.
            ``(2) Treatment of project mileage.--Any mileage in excess 
        of the limitation in subsection (b) that is approved under 
        paragraph (1) shall be added to the mileage limitation in such 
        subsection and shall be considered eligible development highway 
        system miles under this section.
            ``(3) Application.--To be eligible for a waiver under 
        paragraph (1), a participating State shall submit to the 
        Commission an application in such manner, and containing such 
        information, as the Commission may require.''.
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