,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjai,mr4 ,stanton 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1  
and ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
technical and financial support for the 
completion of the ,interstate #aa       
environmental impact statement1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,assistance for    
certain routes  7a7 ,in general ,in the 
case of a segment described in          
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of       
,transportation shall provide technical 
and financial assistance1 in accordance 
with subsection 7c71 required to        
complete a ,tier ,,ii environmental     
impact statement for the segment4  7b7  
,segments described ,a segment referred 
to in subsection 7a7 is a segment of a  
route described in clause 7ii7 or 7iii7 
of section #aaje7;c77#bf77;,a7 of the   

,intermodal ,surface ,transportation    
,efficiency ,act of #aiia 7,public ,law 
#ajb-bdj2 #aje ,stat4 #bjcb2 #aji ,stat4
 #eig7 7except for a segment of a route 
located between ,wickenburg1 ,arizona1  
and the ,nevada border7 for which an    
environmental impact statement or       
preliminary engineering has been        
included in--  7#a7 the transportation  
improvement program and the             
transportation plan under section #acd  
of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 of 
the applicable metropolitan planning    
organization2 and  7#b7 the statewide   
transportation improvement program under
 section #ace of title #bc1 ,united     
,states ,code1 of the applicable ,state4
  7c7 ,timing  7#a7 ,inclusion in       
planning ,to be eligible to receive     
technical and financial assistance under
 this section1 not later than #b years  
after the date on which the record of   
decision is published for the ,tier ,i  
environmental impact statement for a    
segment described in subsection 7b71 the

 applicable metropolitan planning       
organization or ,state shall include the
 portion of the segment that is under   
the jurisdiction of the metropolitan    
planning organization or ,state in1 as  
applicable-- 7,a7 the transportation    
improvement plan of the metropolitan    
planning organization under section #acd
 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code2 or
  7,b7 the statewide transportation     
improvement program under section #ace  
of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 of 
the ,state4  7#b7 ,assistance ,not later
 than #abj days after the date on which 
a metropolitan planning organization or 
,state includes the applicable portion  
of a segment described in subsection 7b7
 in the transportation improvement plan 
of the metropolitan planning            
organization or the statewide           
transportation improvement program of   
the ,state1 as applicable1 pursuant to  
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary of       
,transportation shall provide technical 
and financial assistance under          

subsection 7a7 to the applicable        
metropolitan planning organization or   
,state4  7d7 ,supplement1 not supplant  
,funds made available to carry out this 
section shall supplement1 and not       
supplant1 funds made available to the   
applicable metropolitan planning        
organization or ,state under title #bc1 
,united ,states ,code4