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  SA 4114. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. EXPANSION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY 
                   SYSTEM.

       Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking 
     ``three thousand and ninety miles'' and inserting ``the total 
     number of miles established by the Secretary under subsection 
     (h)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Expansion of the Appalachian Development Highway 
     System.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
     of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish the total 
     number of miles that is authorized to be constructed for the 
     Appalachian development highway system under subsection (a) 
     based on--
       ``(1) 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 (a); or
       ``(2) if the Secretary determines that there is not an 
     existing report that addresses the matters described in 
     paragraph (1), a report prepared by the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Appalachian Regional Commission and 
     applicable State departments of transportation, as soon as 
     practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
     that describes the total number of miles that should be 
     authorized to be constructed for the Appalachian development 
     highway system under subsection (a).''.
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