Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1483

 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1465

‘‘§ 313. Buy America’’; and (2) the text of section 165 of the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 96 Stat. 2136). (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 312 the following: ‘‘313. Buy America.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 313 of such title (as added by subsection (a)) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘by this Act’’ the first place it appears and all that follows through ‘‘of 1978’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or this title’’; (2) in subsection (b) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘this Act,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Code, which’’ and inserting ‘‘the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or this title that’’; (4) by striking subsection (e); and (5) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 165 of the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 96 Stat. 2136) is repealed. SEC. 1904. STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ‘‘(e) VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘value engineering analysis’ means a systematic process of review and analysis of a project, during the concept and design phases, by a multidisciplined team of persons not involved in the project, that is conducted to provide recommendations such as those described in subparagraph (B) for— ‘‘(i) providing the needed functions safely, reliably, and at the lowest overall cost; ‘‘(ii) improving the value and quality of the project; and ‘‘(iii) reducing the time to complete the project. ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The recommendations referred to in subparagraph (A) include, with respect to a project— ‘‘(i) combining or eliminating otherwise inefficient use of costly parts of the original proposed design for the project; and ‘‘(ii) completely redesigning the project using different technologies, materials, or methods so as to accomplish the original purpose of the project. ‘‘(2) ANALYSIS.—The State shall provide a value engineering analysis or other cost-reduction analysis for— ‘‘(A) each project on the Federal-aid system with an estimated total cost of $25,000,000 or more;

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