,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bb1        
#bjai,mr4 ,lewis introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,national ,highway ,system          
,designation ,act of #aiie to permit the
 construction of certain noise barriers 
with funds from the ,highway ,trust     
,fund1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,neighborhood ,noise ,barriers ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,permitting use of       
,highway ,trust ,fund for construction  
of certain noise barriers ,section      
#cci7;b77#a7 of the ,national ,highway  
,system ,designation ,act of #aiie 7#bc 
,u4,s4,c4 #aji note7 is amended to read 
as follows3  7#a7 ,general rule ,no     
funds made available out of the ,highway
 ,trust ,fund may be used to construct a
 ,type ,,ii noise barrier 7as defined by
 section #ggb4e7;,i7 of title #bc1 ,code

 of ,federal ,regulations7 pursuant to  
subsections 7h7 and 7,i7 of section #aji
 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1   
unless--  7,a7 such a barrier is part of
 a project approved by the ,secretary   
before ,november #bh1 #aiie2 or  7,b7   
such a barrier separates a highway or   
other noise corridor from a group of    
structures of which the majority of     
those closest to the highway or noise   
corridor--  7i7 are residential in      
nature2 and  7ii7 either--  7,i7 were   
constructed before the construction or  
most recent widening of the highway or  
noise corridor2 or  7,,ii7 are at least 
#aj years old4  4  #c4 ,eligibility for 
surface transportation block grant funds
 ,section #acc of title #bc1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7b7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#af7 ,planning1 design1 or 
construction of a ,type ,,ii noise      
barrier 7as described in section #ggb4e 
of title #bc1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations74  2 and  7#b7 in          

subsection 7c77#b7 by inserting and     
paragraph 7#af7 after 7#aa74