,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,manchin introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend title #dj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
expansion of the ,appalachian           
development highway system4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fixing ,our ,country ,roads ,act4  #b4 
,expansion of ,appalachian development  
highway system ,section #adeja of title 
#dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 in the second 
sentence1 by striking three thousand and
 ninety miles and inserting the total   
number of miles established by the      
,secretary under subsection 7h72 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7h7 ,expansion of the ,appalachian    
development highway system ,as soon as  
practicable after the date of enactment 

of this subsection1 the ,secretary shall
 establish the total number of miles    
that is authorized to be constructed for
 the ,appalachian development highway   
system under subsection 7a7 based on--  
7#a7 a report prepared by the ,secretary
 before the date of enactment of this   
subsection in which the ,secretary      
describes the total number of miles that
 should be authorized to be constructed 
for the ,appalachian development highway
 system under subsection 7a72 or  7#b7  
if the ,secretary determines that there 
is not an existing report that addresses
 the matters described in paragraph     
7#a71 a report prepared by the          
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,appalachian ,regional ,commission and  
applicable ,state departments of        
transportation1 as soon as practicable  
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection1 that describes the total    
number of miles that should be          
authorized to be constructed for the    
,appalachian development highway system 

under subsection 7a74  4