,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bi1        
#bjai,mr4 ,mooney of ,west ,virginia    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mrs4        
,miller1 and ,mr4 ,mc,kinley7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
establish a program to improve          
infrastructure development in           
,appalachia1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,advancing ,infrastructure      
,development in ,appalachia ,act or the 
,,aid in ,appalachia ,act4  #b4 ,balance
 exchanges for infrastructure program   
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #a of title    
#bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#aga4 ,balance exchanges for            
infrastructure program  7a7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3 7#a7                 
,administratively allocated ,the term   

administratively allocated means the    
allocation by the ,secretary of budget  
authority for a project under the       
,,tifia program that occurs when--  7,a7
 a potential applicant has been invited 
into the creditworthiness phase for a   
project under the ,,tifia program2 or   
7,b7 the project is subject to a master 
credit agreement 7as defined in section 
#fja7;a771 in accordance with section   
#fjb7;b77#b74  7#b7 ,appalachian state  
,the term ,appalachian ,state means a   
,state that contains #a or more counties
 in the ,appalachian region 7as defined 
in section #adajb7;a7 of title #dj74    
7#c7 ,program ,the term program means   
the ,balance ,exchanges for             
,infrastructure ,program established    
under subsection 7b74  7#d7 ,,tifia     
carryover balance  7,a7 ,in general ,the
 term ,,tifia carryover balance means   
the amounts made available for the      
,,tifia program for previous fiscal     
years that are unobligated and have not 
been administratively allocated4  7,b7  

,inclusion ,the term ,,tifia carryover  
balance includes-- 7i7 the applicable   
amount of contract authority for the    
amounts described in subparagraph 7,a72 
and  7ii7 the equivalent amount of      
obligation limitation for the fiscal    
year in which the ,secretary makes a    
transfer under subsection 7f77#b74  7#e7
 ,,tifia program ,the term ,,tifia      
program has the meaning given the term  
in section #fja7;a74  7b7 ,establishment
 ,the ,secretary shall establish a      
program1 to be known as the ,balance    
,exchanges for ,infrastructure ,program1
 in accordance with this section to     
provide flexibility for the ,secretary  
and ,states to improve highway          
infrastructure4  7c7 ,offer ,to fund    
projects or exchange funds  7#a7        
,solicitation ,for each fiscal year for 
which an amount is reserved under       
subsection 7f77#a71 the ,secretary      
shall-- 7,a7 not later than ,december #a
 of that fiscal year--  7i7 solicit     
requests from ,appalachian ,states to   

return amounts under subsection         
7d77#a77;,a72 and  7ii7 solicit         
applications from ,appalachian ,states  
for grants under subsection 7e72 and    
7,b7 require that1 not later than #fj   
days after the date of the solicitations
 under subparagraph 7,a71 each          
,appalachian ,state that elects to      
participate in the program shall submit 
to the ,secretary either--  7i7 a       
request that describes the amount that  
the ,appalachian ,state requests to     
return under subsection 7d77#a77;,a72 or
  7ii7 an application for a grant under 
subsection 7e74  7d7 ,exchange          
agreements  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary shall enter into an agreement
 with each ,appalachian ,state that     
submits a request under subsection      
7c77#a77;,a77i7 under which--  7,a7 the 
,appalachian ,state shall return to the 
,secretary all1 or at the discretion of 
the ,appalachian ,state1 a portion of1  
the unobligated amounts from the        
,highway ,trust ,fund 7including the    

applicable amount of contract authority 
and an equal amount of special no-year  
obligation limitation associated with   
that contract authority7 apportioned to 
the ,appalachian ,state for the         
,appalachian development highway system 
under section #adeja of title #dj 7but  
not including any amounts made available
 by an appropriations ,act without an   
initial authorization72 and  7,b7 the   
,secretary shall transfer to the        
,appalachian ,state1 from amounts       
transferred to the program under        
subsection 7f77#b7 for that fiscal year1
 an amount 7including the applicable    
amount of contract authority and an     
equal amount of annual obligation       
limitation7 equal to the amount that the
 ,appalachian ,state returned under     
subparagraph 7,a7 that shall be used to 
carry out projects described in         
paragraph 7#c74  7#b7 ,state limitation 
,the amount of contract authority       
returned by an ,appalachian ,state under
 paragraph 7#a77;,a7 may not exceed the 

amount of the special no-year obligation
 limitation available to the            
,appalachian ,state prior to the return 
of the special no-year obligation       
limitation under that paragraph4  7#c7  
,eligible projects  7,a7 ,in general ,a 
project eligible to be carried out using
 funds transferred to an ,appalachian   
,state under paragraph 7#a77;,b7 is a   
project described in subsections 7b7 and
 7c7 of section #acc4  7,b7 ,federal    
share ,the ,federal share of the cost of
 a project carried out using funds      
transferred to an ,appalachian ,state   
under paragraph 7#a77;,b7 shall be up to
 #ajj percent1 at the discretion of the 
,appalachian ,state4  7,c7 ,application 
of section #acc ,except as otherwise    
provided in this paragraph1 section #acc
 shall not apply to a project carried   
out using funds transferred to an       
,appalachian ,state under paragraph     
7#a77;,b74  7#d7 ,total limitation ,for 
each fiscal year1 the total amount      
exchanged under paragraph 7#a7 shall not

 exceed the amount available to be      
transferred to the program under        
subsection 7f74  7#e7 ,amounts exchanged
 ,for each fiscal year1 if the total    
amount requested by all ,appalachian    
,states to return under paragraph       
7#a77;,a7 is greater than the amount    
described in paragraph 7#d71 the        
,secretary shall exchange amounts under 
paragraph 7#a7 based on the proportion  
that--  7,a7 the amount requested to be 
returned for the fiscal year by the     
,appalachian ,state2 bears to  7,b7 the 
amount requested to be returned for the 
fiscal year by all ,appalachian ,states4
  7e7 ,appalachian development highway  
system corridor grants  7#a7 ,in general
 ,using amounts returned to the         
,secretary under subsection             
7d77#a77;,a71 the ,secretary shall      
provide grants of contract authority1 to
 remain available until expended1 and   
subject to special no-year obligation   
limitation1 on a competitive basis to   
,appalachian ,states for eligible       

projects described in paragraph 7#b74   
7#b7 ,eligible project ,a project       
eligible to be carried out with a grant 
under this subsection is a project that 
is-- 7,a7 eligible under section #adeja 
of title #dj as of the date of enactment
 of this section2 and  7,b7 reasonably  
expected to begin construction by not   
later than #b years after the date of   
obligation of funds provided under this 
subsection for the project4  7#c7       
,application ,to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this subsection1 an       
,appalachian ,state shall submit to the 
,secretary an application at such time1 
in such manner1 and containing such     
information as the ,secretary may       
require4  7#d7 ,federal share ,the      
,federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out using a grant provided under
 this subsection shall be up to #ajj    
percent1 at the discretion of the       
,appalachian ,state4  7#e7 ,limitation  
,an ,appalachian ,state that enters into
 an agreement to exchange funds under   

subsection 7d7 for any fiscal year shall
 not be eligible to receive a grant     
under this subsection4  7f7 ,transfer   
from ,,tifia program  7#a7 ,in general  
,on ,october #a of each fiscal year1 the
 ,secretary shall reserve1 for the      
purpose of funding transfers under      
paragraph 7#b7 until the transfers are  
completed1 the amount of ,,tifia        
carryover balance that exceeds the      
amount available to carry out the       
,,tifia program for that fiscal year4   
7#b7 ,transfers ,for each fiscal year1  
not later than #fj days after the date  
on which the ,secretary receives the    
responses to the solicitations under    
subsection 7c77#a71 the ,secretary shall
 transfer from the ,,tifia program to   
the program an amount of contract       
authority and equal amount of obligation
 limitation that is equal to the lesser 
of--  7,a7 the total amount requested by
 all ,appalachian ,states for the fiscal
 year under subsection 7c77#a77;,b77i72 
7,b7 the total amount requested by all  

,appalachian ,states for grants under   
subsection 7c77#a77;,b77ii72 and  7,c7  
the amount reserved under paragraph     
7#a74  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the  
analysis for chapter #a of title #bc1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #agj the following3  #aga4      
,balance exchanges for infrastructure   
program4  4