[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1167

To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve transportation asset 
               management plans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2025

 Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve transportation asset 
               management plans, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Asset Management 
Simplification Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    Section 119(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``each fiscal year'' and 
                        inserting ``once every 4 years, in conjunction 
                        with the recertification under paragraph 
                        (6)(B)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``in that fiscal year''; 
                        and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Application.--
                            ``(i) Compliant states.--A determination of 
                        compliance under subparagraph (A) shall apply 
                        until the next recertification date under 
                        subparagraph (A) and paragraph (6)(B).
                            ``(ii) Noncompliant states.--A 
                        determination of noncompliance under 
                        subparagraph (A) shall apply during the period 
                        beginning on the date of the determination and 
                        ending on the date on which the Secretary 
                        determines that the State is in compliance.
                    ``(C) Submission.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A State shall submit to 
                        the Secretary information to support a 
                        determination under subparagraph (A) in 
                        conjunction with a submission with respect to 
                        recertification under paragraph (6)(B).
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--For purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A) and paragraph (6)(B), a 
                        submission of a State shall--
                                    ``(I) be considered sufficient with 
                                respect to time period if the 
                                submission is for the most recent year; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) for applicable years other 
                                than the most recent year, include a 
                                certification by the State that asset 
                                management undertaken in those years by 
                                the State meets the requirements of 
                                this subsection.
                    ``(D) Opportunity to cure.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If the Secretary 
                        determines that a State is not in compliance 
                        under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
                        provide to the State--
                                    ``(I) a written statement of the 
                                specific actions the Secretary 
                                determines to be necessary for the 
                                State to comply under that 
                                subparagraph; and
                                    ``(II) a period of not less than 90 
                                days to cure the deficiencies, during 
                                which time period all penalties and 
                                other legal impacts of a determination 
                                of noncompliance shall be stayed.
                            ``(ii) Extension.--The Secretary, on 
                        request of the State, may extend the time 
                        period provided to cure deficiencies under 
                        clause (i)(II), including the stay of all 
                        penalties and other legal impacts of a 
                        determination of noncompliance.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(C)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
                subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting 
                appropriately;
                    (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so 
                redesignated), by striking ``If the'' and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) In general.--If the''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Extension.--The Secretary, on 
                        request of the State, may extend the time 
                        period provided to cure deficiencies under 
                        clause (i)(I), including the stay of all 
                        penalties and other legal impacts of a denial 
                        of certification.''.
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