,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,reed introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
conduct a study of economically         
beneficial uses of the rights-of-way    
associated with certain highways1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,maximize
 ,our ,highways ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,study of economically beneficial uses  
of the rights-of-way associated with    
certain highways  7a7 ,study ,the       
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
conduct a study of economically         
beneficial uses of the rights-of-way    
associated with highways constructed    
with ,federal assistance1 which shall   
include--  7#a7 the identification of   
economically beneficial activities that 
may be carried out with respect to those

 rights-of-way to ensure that--  7,a7   
those rights-of-way are used in the most
 economically beneficial manner         
compatible with transportation purposes2
 and  7,b7 economic underutilization of 
those rights-of-way is minimized to the 
extent possible2  7#b7 an analysis of   
the costs and benefits1 including with  
respect to safety1 of carrying out the  
economically beneficial activities      
identified under paragraph 7#a72  7#c7  
an analysis of barriers to carrying out 
the economically beneficial activities  
identified under paragraph 7#a72 and    
7#d7 an analysis of the revenue that may
 be generated by carrying out the       
economically beneficial activities      
identified under paragraph 7#a7 and how 
that revenue may be used to support     
transportation infrastructure4  7b7     
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall submit to ,congress and
 make available to ,states a report on  
the results of the study conducted under

 subsection 7a71 which shall include    
legislative recommendations based on the
 results4