Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1842

 119 STAT. 1824

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

(5) rural broadband access points for such infrastructure; (6) areas of environmental conflict with such installation; (7) real estate ownership issues relating to such installation; (8) preliminary design for placement of fiber optic cable and wireless towers; (9) monetary value of the rights-of-way necessary for such installation; (10) applicability and transferability of the benefits of such installation to other rural corridors; and (11) safety and other operational issues associated with the installation and maintenance of fiber optic cabling and wire infrastructure within Interstate System rights-of-way and other publicly owned rights-of-way. (c) CORRIDOR LOCATIONS.—The study required under subsection (a) shall be conducted for corridors along— (1) Interstate Route 90 through rural Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, and South Dakota; (2) Interstate Route 20 through Alabama, Mississippi, and northern Louisiana; (3) Interstate Route 91 through Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; and (4) any other rural corridor the Secretary considers appropriate. (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than September 30, 2007, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study, including any recommendations of the Secretary. (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the study shall be 100 percent. (f) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(5) of this Act, $1,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year 2006, and $2,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year 2007 to carry out this section. SEC. 5508. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 23 USC 502 note.

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Section 5117(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat 449; 112 Stat. 864; 115 Stat. 2330) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.— ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: ‘‘(i) CONGESTED AREA.—The term ‘congested area’ means a metropolitan area that experiences significant traffic congestion, as determined by the Secretary on an annual basis, including the metropolitan areas of Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Burlington, Charlotte, Columbus, Greensboro, Hartford, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, San Jose, Tuscson, and Tulsa. ‘‘(ii) DEPLOYMENT AREA.—The term ‘deployment area’ means any of the metropolitan areas of Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/Northern New Jersey, Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland,

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